diff --git a/src/afs/afs_osidnlc.c b/src/afs/afs_osidnlc.c
index 9d267e4c07..974eb4b85b 100644
--- a/src/afs/afs_osidnlc.c
+++ b/src/afs/afs_osidnlc.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ extern struct afs_lock afs_xvcache;
 
 dnlcstats_t dnlcstats;
 
-#define NCSIZE 300
+#define NCSIZE 4096
 #define NHSIZE 256		/* must be power of 2. == NHASHENT in dir package */
 struct nc *ncfreelist = NULL;
 static struct nc nameCache[NCSIZE];