diff --git a/repos/base/src/core/include/trace/control_area.h b/repos/base/src/core/include/trace/control_area.h
index fb2d1aacc7..a0ab6b37b3 100644
--- a/repos/base/src/core/include/trace/control_area.h
+++ b/repos/base/src/core/include/trace/control_area.h
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Genode::Trace::Control_area
 {
 	public:
 
-		enum { SIZE = 1024*sizeof(long) };
+		enum { SIZE = 8192 };
 
 	private: