diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
index fd08e854c..9d34b4acc 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
@@ -1788,7 +1788,7 @@ bool sema_expr_analyse_macro_call(SemaContext *context, Expr *call_expr, Expr *s
 {
 	assert(decl->decl_kind == DECL_MACRO);
 
-	if (context->macro_call_depth > 512)
+	if (context->macro_call_depth > 256)
 	{
 		SEMA_ERROR(call_expr, "Failure evaluating macro, max call depth reached, possibly due non-terminating macro recursion.");
 		decl->decl_kind = DECL_POISONED;