diff --git a/src/tools/fs_shell/vfs.cpp b/src/tools/fs_shell/vfs.cpp
index 2e3d7c4b15..cbe557e0e0 100644
--- a/src/tools/fs_shell/vfs.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/fs_shell/vfs.cpp
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 namespace FSShell {
 
 
-const static uint32_t kMaxUnusedVnodes = 1024;
+const static uint32_t kMaxUnusedVnodes = 16;
 	// This is the maximum number of unused vnodes that the system
 	// will keep around (weak limit, if there is enough memory left,
 	// they won't get flushed even when hitting that limit).