diff --git a/fs/ramfs.c b/fs/ramfs.c
index 62225504b..91001f13c 100644
--- a/fs/ramfs.c
+++ b/fs/ramfs.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 #include <linux/stat.h>
 #include <xfuncs.h>
 
-#define CHUNK_SIZE	512
+#define CHUNK_SIZE	4096
 
 struct ramfs_chunk {
 	char *data;