diff --git a/src/client/client.cpp b/src/client/client.cpp
index 8fbd56ac8..6544dbaf6 100644
--- a/src/client/client.cpp
+++ b/src/client/client.cpp
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ void Client::ReceiveAll()
 {
 	NetworkPacket pkt;
 	u64 start_ms = porting::getTimeMs();
-	const u64 budget = 100;
+	const u64 budget = 10;
 	for(;;) {
 		// Limit time even if there would be huge amounts of data to
 		// process