diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults b/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
index fc06e65b2..41984e74a 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if [ "$(uci -q show network.globals | grep mptcp_path_manager)" = "" ]; then
 	set network.globals.congestion='bbr'
 	set network.globals.mptcp_checksum=0
 	set network.globals.mptcp_debug=0
-	set network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries=5
+	set network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries=1
 	commit network
 	EOF
 fi
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get network.globals.congestion)" != "bbr" ]; then
 	commit network
 	EOF
 fi
-if [ "$(uci -q get network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries)" != "5" ]; then
+if [ "$(uci -q get network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries)" != "1" ]; then
 	uci -q batch <<-EOF
-	set network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries=5
+	set network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries=1
 	commit network
 	EOF
 fi