diff --git a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
index 850c4a11edc67..45460003f4a4e 100644
--- a/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
+++ b/llvm/lib/Transforms/Vectorize/LoopVectorize.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static cl::opt<unsigned> TinyTripCountVectorThreshold(
              "are incurred."));
 
 static cl::opt<unsigned> VectorizeMemoryCheckThreshold(
-    "vectorize-memory-check-threshold", cl::init(128), cl::Hidden,
+    "vectorize-memory-check-threshold", cl::init(256), cl::Hidden,
     cl::desc("The maximum allowed number of runtime memory checks"));
 
 // Option prefer-predicate-over-epilogue indicates that an epilogue is undesired,