diff --git a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
index 9c8a2a12c4..91610da1bd 100644
--- a/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
+++ b/pageserver/src/tenant/timeline.rs
@@ -4071,7 +4071,7 @@ impl Timeline {
         let mut construct_image_for_key = false;
         let image_lsn = Lsn(lsn_range.end.0 - 1);
 
-        const PAGE_MATERIALIZE_THRESHOLD: usize = 40;
+        const PAGE_MATERIALIZE_THRESHOLD: usize = 2000;
 
         for x in all_values_iter {
             let (key, lsn, value) = x?;