diff --git a/hw/loader.c b/hw/loader.c
index 7d64113e7f..33acc2fdab 100644
--- a/hw/loader.c
+++ b/hw/loader.c
@@ -377,9 +377,9 @@ static void zfree(void *x, void *addr)
 
 #define DEFLATED	8
 
-/* This is the maximum in uboot, so if a uImage overflows this, it would
+/* This is the usual maximum in uboot, so if a uImage overflows this, it would
  * overflow on real hardware too. */
-#define UBOOT_MAX_GUNZIP_BYTES 0x800000
+#define UBOOT_MAX_GUNZIP_BYTES (64 << 20)
 
 static ssize_t gunzip(void *dst, size_t dstlen, uint8_t *src,
                       size_t srclen)