diff --git a/lib/storage/index_db.go b/lib/storage/index_db.go
index c903988f9b..7a8ca87e75 100644
--- a/lib/storage/index_db.go
+++ b/lib/storage/index_db.go
@@ -2091,7 +2091,7 @@ func (is *indexSearch) updateMetricIDsAll(metricIDs *uint64set.Set, accountID, p
 // The maximum number of index scan loops per already found metric.
 // Bigger number of loops is slower than updateMetricIDsByMetricNameMatch
 // over the found metrics.
-const maxIndexScanLoopsPerMetric = 400
+const maxIndexScanLoopsPerMetric = 100
 
 func (is *indexSearch) intersectMetricIDsWithTagFilter(tf *tagFilter, filter *uint64set.Set) (*uint64set.Set, error) {
 	if filter.Len() == 0 {