diff --git a/common.go b/common.go
index fc0f4c5..ce4a9e3 100644
--- a/common.go
+++ b/common.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ const (
 	maxCiphertextTLS13 = 16384 + 256  // maximum ciphertext length in TLS 1.3
 	recordHeaderLen    = 5            // record header length
 	maxHandshake       = 65536        // maximum handshake we support (protocol max is 16 MB)
-	maxUselessRecords  = 16           // maximum number of consecutive non-advancing records
+	maxUselessRecords  = 32           // maximum number of consecutive non-advancing records
 )
 
 // TLS record types.