diff --git a/src/xml/ntqxml.h b/src/xml/ntqxml.h
index f729b6ab..6f5f6046 100644
--- a/src/xml/ntqxml.h
+++ b/src/xml/ntqxml.h
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ private:
     // for the DTD currently being parsed.
     static const uint dtdRecursionLimit = 2U;
     // The maximum amount of characters an entity value may contain, after expansion.
-    static const uint entityCharacterLimit = 65536U;
+    static const uint entityCharacterLimit = 4096U;
 
     const TQString &string();
     void stringClear();