diff --git a/lib/db/backend/leveldb_backend.go b/lib/db/backend/leveldb_backend.go
index c45cf9dd7..959b6558a 100644
--- a/lib/db/backend/leveldb_backend.go
+++ b/lib/db/backend/leveldb_backend.go
@@ -13,10 +13,17 @@ import (
 )
 
 const (
-	// Never flush transactions smaller than this, even on Checkpoint()
-	dbFlushBatchMin = 1 << MiB
-	// Once a transaction reaches this size, flush it unconditionally.
-	dbFlushBatchMax = 128 << MiB
+	// Never flush transactions smaller than this, even on Checkpoint().
+	// This just needs to be just large enough to avoid flushing
+	// transactions when they are super tiny, thus creating millions of tiny
+	// transactions unnecessarily.
+	dbFlushBatchMin = 64 << KiB
+	// Once a transaction reaches this size, flush it unconditionally. This
+	// should be large enough to avoid forcing a flush between Checkpoint()
+	// calls in loops where we do those, so in principle just large enough
+	// to hold a FileInfo plus corresponding version list and metadata
+	// updates or two.
+	dbFlushBatchMax = 1 << MiB
 )
 
 // leveldbBackend implements Backend on top of a leveldb