diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
index 5751f09ac34..3c47f1396ac 100755
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/init.d/cloud-early-config
@@ -1100,6 +1100,7 @@ setup_storage_network() {
 
 setup_secstorage() {
   log_it "Setting up secondary storage system vm"
+  sysctl vm.min_free_kbytes=8192
   local hyp=$1
   setup_common eth0 eth1 eth2
   setup_storage_network