diff --git a/src/systemcmds/top/module.mk b/src/systemcmds/top/module.mk
index 9239aafc31..985ea846f8 100644
--- a/src/systemcmds/top/module.mk
+++ b/src/systemcmds/top/module.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 MODULE_COMMAND	 = top
 SRCS		 = top.c
 
-MODULE_STACKSIZE = 3000
+MODULE_STACKSIZE = 2048
 
 MAXOPTIMIZATION	 = -Os