diff --git a/src/vnet/ip/icmp4.c b/src/vnet/ip/icmp4.c
index 562cbce..7dc21c5 100644
--- a/src/vnet/ip/icmp4.c
+++ b/src/vnet/ip/icmp4.c
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@
   vlib_thread_main_t *tm = &vlib_thread_main;
   u32 n_vlib_mains = tm->n_vlib_mains;
 
-  throttle_init (&icmp_throttle, n_vlib_mains, THROTTLE_BITS, 1e-3);
+  throttle_init (&icmp_throttle, n_vlib_mains, THROTTLE_BITS, 1e-5);
 
   return 0;
 }