diff --git a/sessionctx/variable/tidb_vars.go b/sessionctx/variable/tidb_vars.go
index 725b229c0089c..a4ae090f59a5e 100644
--- a/sessionctx/variable/tidb_vars.go
+++ b/sessionctx/variable/tidb_vars.go
@@ -336,8 +336,8 @@ const (
 	DefTiDBProjectionConcurrency       = 4
 	DefTiDBOptimizerSelectivityLevel   = 0
 	DefTiDBTxnMode                     = ""
-	DefTiDBDDLReorgWorkerCount         = 16
-	DefTiDBDDLReorgBatchSize           = 1024
+	DefTiDBDDLReorgWorkerCount         = 4
+	DefTiDBDDLReorgBatchSize           = 256
 	DefTiDBDDLErrorCountLimit          = 512
 	DefTiDBHashAggPartialConcurrency   = 4
 	DefTiDBHashAggFinalConcurrency     = 4