diff --git a/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp b/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp
index efb6ed6079bf561a39091834035288d8aaf339d8..e2af497a7d05470de4b219fdfbb7d494a82f07a8 100755
--- a/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp
+++ b/indra/newview/lltexturefetch.cpp
@@ -1161,7 +1161,7 @@ bool LLTextureFetchWorker::doWork(S32 param)
 			//1, not openning too many file descriptors at the same time;
 			//2, control the traffic of http so udp gets bandwidth.
 			//
-			static const S32 MAX_NUM_OF_HTTP_REQUESTS_IN_QUEUE = 24 ;
+			static const S32 MAX_NUM_OF_HTTP_REQUESTS_IN_QUEUE = 8 ;
 			if(mFetcher->getNumHTTPRequests() > MAX_NUM_OF_HTTP_REQUESTS_IN_QUEUE)
 			{
 				return false ; //wait.