diff --git a/src/systemcmds/param/module.mk b/src/systemcmds/param/module.mk
index 63f15ad286..f716eb71e9 100644
--- a/src/systemcmds/param/module.mk
+++ b/src/systemcmds/param/module.mk
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
 MODULE_COMMAND	 = param
 SRCS		 = param.c
 
-MODULE_STACKSIZE = 4096
+# Note: measurements yielded a max of 900 bytes used.
+MODULE_STACKSIZE = 1800
 
 MAXOPTIMIZATION	 = -Os