diff --git a/driver/modern_bpf/helpers/base/shared_size.h b/driver/modern_bpf/helpers/base/shared_size.h
index ceeb369eae..7d81007ba7 100644
--- a/driver/modern_bpf/helpers/base/shared_size.h
+++ b/driver/modern_bpf/helpers/base/shared_size.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #define MAX_IOVCNT 32
 
 /* Maximum number of supported sendmmsg/recvmmsg messages */
-#define MAX_SENDMMSG_RECVMMSG_SIZE 16
+#define MAX_SENDMMSG_RECVMMSG_SIZE 8
 
 /* Maximum number of `pollfd` structures that we can analyze. */
 #define MAX_POLLFD 16