diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 6a2290bc0..d4ab32744 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;
diff --git a/src/test/DoS_tests.cpp b/src/test/DoS_tests.cpp
index 95342498f..818128d18 100644
--- a/src/test/DoS_tests.cpp
+++ b/src/test/DoS_tests.cpp
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(DoS_mapOrphans)
         tx.vout.resize(1);
         tx.vout[0].nValue = 1*CENT;
         tx.vout[0].scriptPubKey = GetScriptForDestination(key.GetPubKey().GetID());
-        tx.vin.resize(500);
+        tx.vin.resize(2777);
         for (unsigned int j = 0; j < tx.vin.size(); j++)
         {
             tx.vin[j].prevout.n = j;