diff --git a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/export/ExportWriter.java b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/export/ExportWriter.java
index 953cb4e7476..f2d0b9ba21f 100644
--- a/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/export/ExportWriter.java
+++ b/solr/core/src/java/org/apache/solr/handler/export/ExportWriter.java
@@ -668,7 +668,7 @@ public class ExportWriter implements SolrCore.RawWriter, Closeable {
       }
 
       //Resize the priorityQueueSize down for small result sets.
-      this.priorityQueueSize = Math.min(this.priorityQueueSize, (int)(this.totalHits*1.5));
+      this.priorityQueueSize = Math.min(this.priorityQueueSize, (int)(this.totalHits*1.2));
 
       if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
         log.debug("Total priority queue size {}:", this.priorityQueueSize);