diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
index 7d0fc7321c2..00e94820504 100644
--- a/CHANGES.txt
+++ b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ Release 0.2.0
                (LN via Stack)
    HBASE-746   Batching row mutations via thrift (Tim Sell via Stack)
    HBASE-772   Up default lease period from 60 to 120 seconds
+   HBASE-779   Test changing hbase.hregion.memcache.block.multiplier to 2
 
   NEW FEATURES
    HBASE-47    Option to set TTL for columns in hbase
diff --git a/conf/hbase-default.xml b/conf/hbase-default.xml
index a0110cc691e..1f9f871ebd3 100644
--- a/conf/hbase-default.xml
+++ b/conf/hbase-default.xml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
   </property>
   <property>
     <name>hbase.hregion.memcache.block.multiplier</name>
-    <value>1</value>
+    <value>2</value>
     <description>
     Block updates if memcache has hbase.hregion.block.memcache
     time hbase.hregion.flush.size bytes.  Useful preventing