diff --git a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceTracing.h b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceTracing.h
index 4773307..18524f0 100644
--- a/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceTracing.h
+++ b/services/surfaceflinger/SurfaceTracing.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
     void setTraceFlags(uint32_t flags);
 
 private:
-    static constexpr auto kDefaultBufferCapInByte = 100_MB;
+    static constexpr auto kDefaultBufferCapInByte = 5_MB;
     static constexpr auto kDefaultFileName = "/data/misc/wmtrace/layers_trace.pb";
 
     class LayersTraceBuffer { // ring buffer