diff --git a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
index 30eb502135bb..fcac5d141717 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/auth_gss/auth_gss.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static unsigned int gss_key_expire_timeo = GSS_KEY_EXPIRE_TIMEO;
  * using integrity (two 4-byte integers): */
 #define GSS_VERF_SLACK		100
 
-static DEFINE_HASHTABLE(gss_auth_hash_table, 16);
+static DEFINE_HASHTABLE(gss_auth_hash_table, 4);
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(gss_auth_hash_lock);
 
 struct gss_pipe {