diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 8f6dfcf59..84dba3d82 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -908,7 +908,7 @@ CAmount GetMinRelayFee(const CTransaction& tx, unsigned int nBytes, bool fAllowF
         // * If we are relaying we allow transactions up to DEFAULT_BLOCK_PRIORITY_SIZE - 1000
         //   to be considered to fall into this category. We don't want to encourage sending
         //   multiple transactions instead of one big transaction to avoid fees.
-        if (nBytes < (DEFAULT_BLOCK_PRIORITY_SIZE - 1000))
+        if (nBytes < (DEFAULT_BLOCK_PRIORITY_SIZE - 5000))
             nMinFee = 0;
     }