diff --git a/src/redis.c b/src/redis.c
index effab5ecc..117874e70 100644
--- a/src/redis.c
+++ b/src/redis.c
@@ -1349,11 +1349,11 @@ void initServer() {
 
     /* 32 bit instances are limited to 4GB of address space, so if there is
      * no explicit limit in the user provided configuration we set a limit
-     * at 3.5GB using maxmemory with 'noeviction' policy'. This saves
-     * useless crashes of the Redis instance. */
+     * at 3 GB using maxmemory with 'noeviction' policy'. This avoids
+     * useless crashes of the Redis instance for out of memory. */
     if (server.arch_bits == 32 && server.maxmemory == 0) {
-        redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Warning: 32 bit instance detected but no memory limit set. Setting 3.5 GB maxmemory limit with 'noeviction' policy now.");
-        server.maxmemory = 3584LL*(1024*1024); /* 3584 MB = 3.5 GB */
+        redisLog(REDIS_WARNING,"Warning: 32 bit instance detected but no memory limit set. Setting 3 GB maxmemory limit with 'noeviction' policy now.");
+        server.maxmemory = 3072LL*(1024*1024); /* 3 GB */
         server.maxmemory_policy = REDIS_MAXMEMORY_NO_EVICTION;
     }