diff --git a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
index 8445f07..fdc0386 100644
--- a/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
+++ b/libraries/liblmdb/mdb.c
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ mdb_page_alloc(MDB_cursor *mc, int num, MDB_page **mp)
 #else
 	enum { Paranoid = 0, Max_retries = INT_MAX /*infinite*/ };
 #endif
-	int rc, retry = num;
+	int rc, retry = num * 20;
 	MDB_txn *txn = mc->mc_txn;
 	MDB_env *env = txn->mt_env;
 	pgno_t pgno, *mop = env->me_pghead;