diff --git a/src/query/inc/qExtbuffer.h b/src/query/inc/qExtbuffer.h
index b57c48933f..bde5fc35ac 100644
--- a/src/query/inc/qExtbuffer.h
+++ b/src/query/inc/qExtbuffer.h
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ extern "C" {
 #include "tdataformat.h"
 #include "talgo.h"
 
-#define DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE (1024L*4)  // 16k larger than the SHistoInfo
 #define MAX_TMPFILE_PATH_LENGTH PATH_MAX
-#define INITIAL_ALLOCATION_BUFFER_SIZE 64
+#define INITIAL_ALLOCATION_BUFFER_SIZE 64L
+#define DEFAULT_PAGE_SIZE (1024L*(INITIAL_ALLOCATION_BUFFER_SIZE))  // 16k larger than the SHistoInfo
 
 typedef enum EXT_BUFFER_FLUSH_MODEL {
   /*