diff --git a/src/com/android/email/mail/store/imap/ImapResponseParser.java b/src/com/android/email/mail/store/imap/ImapResponseParser.java
index beb092c23..6b68c0003 100644
--- a/src/com/android/email/mail/store/imap/ImapResponseParser.java
+++ b/src/com/android/email/mail/store/imap/ImapResponseParser.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public class ImapResponseParser {
     /**
      * Literal larger than this will be stored in temp file.
      */
-    private static final int LITERAL_KEEP_IN_MEMORY_THRESHOLD = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
+    private static final int LITERAL_KEEP_IN_MEMORY_THRESHOLD = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
 
     /** Input stream */
     private final PeekableInputStream mIn;