diff --git a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.java b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.java
index e7f788c55..29294e43b 100644
--- a/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.java
+++ b/router/java/src/net/i2p/router/networkdb/kademlia/FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade.java
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ public class FloodfillNetworkDatabaseFacade extends KademliaNetworkDatabaseFacad
         return _lookupThrottler.shouldThrottle(from, id);
     }
 
-    private static final int MAX_TO_FLOOD = 7;
+    private static final int MAX_TO_FLOOD = 5;
 
     /**
      *  Send to a subset of all floodfill peers.