diff --git a/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp b/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp
index 87b65345b..9b3d03368 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ MySQL_Threads_Handler::MySQL_Threads_Handler() {
 	variables.monitor_replication_lag_use_percona_heartbeat=strdup((char *)"");
 	variables.monitor_wait_timeout=true;
 	variables.monitor_writer_is_also_reader=true;
-	variables.max_allowed_packet=4*1024*1024;
+	variables.max_allowed_packet=64*1024*1024;
 	variables.use_tcp_keepalive=false;
 	variables.tcp_keepalive_time=0;
 	variables.throttle_connections_per_sec_to_hostgroup=1000000;