diff --git a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectLoader.java b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectLoader.java
index 0fc3bce65..fe4a7fdc0 100644
--- a/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectLoader.java
+++ b/org.eclipse.jgit/src/org/eclipse/jgit/lib/ObjectLoader.java
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ public abstract class ObjectLoader {
 			ObjectStream in = openStream();
 			try {
 				final long sz = in.getSize();
-				byte[] tmp = new byte[1024];
+				byte[] tmp = new byte[8192];
 				long copied = 0;
 				while (copied < sz) {
 					int n = in.read(tmp);