1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6a2290bc05..d4ab32744f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -633,10 +633,10 @@ bool AddOrphanTx(const CTransaction& tx, NodeId peer) EXCLUSIVE_LOCKS_REQUIRED(c
     // large transaction with a missing parent then we assume
     // it will rebroadcast it later, after the parent transaction(s)
     // have been mined or received.
-    // 10,000 orphans, each of which is at most 5,000 bytes big is
-    // at most 500 megabytes of orphans:
+    // 100 orphans, each of which is at most 99,999 bytes big is
+    // at most 10 megabytes of orphans and somewhat more byprev index (in the worst case):
     unsigned int sz = tx.GetSerializeSize(SER_NETWORK, CTransaction::CURRENT_VERSION);
-    if (sz > 5000)
+    if (sz >= MAX_STANDARD_TX_SIZE)
     {
         LogPrint("mempool", "ignoring large orphan tx (size: %u, hash: %s)\n", sz, hash.ToString());
         return false;