diff --git a/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults b/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
index 97235fb8d..594086874 100755
--- a/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
+++ b/mptcp/files/etc/uci-defaults/mptcp-defaults
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ if [ "$(uci -q get network.globals.mptcp_path_manager)" = "" ]; then
 	set network.globals.congestion='cubic'
 	set network.globals.mptcp_checksum=0
 	set network.globals.mptcp_debug=0
-	set network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries=2
+	set network.globals.mptcp_syn_retries=4
 	set network.globals.mptcp_subflows=3
 	set network.globals.mptcp_add_addr_accepted=1
 	set network.globals.mptcp_add_addr_timeout=120