diff --git a/src/net.h b/src/net.h
index 57426977fb9ad..11926ab8cdf9e 100644
--- a/src/net.h
+++ b/src/net.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static const unsigned int MAX_PROTOCOL_MESSAGE_LENGTH = 4 * 1000 * 1000;
 /** Maximum length of the user agent string in `version` message */
 static const unsigned int MAX_SUBVERSION_LENGTH = 256;
 /** Maximum number of automatic outgoing nodes over which we'll relay everything (blocks, tx, addrs, etc) */
-static const int MAX_OUTBOUND_FULL_RELAY_CONNECTIONS = 8;
+static const int MAX_OUTBOUND_FULL_RELAY_CONNECTIONS = 5;
 /** Maximum number of addnode outgoing nodes */
 static const int MAX_ADDNODE_CONNECTIONS = 8;
 /** Maximum number of block-relay-only outgoing connections */