diff --git a/conf/armhfp/portage/make.conf b/conf/armhfp/portage/make.conf
index 08e2d6b7..3a66b194 100644
--- a/conf/armhfp/portage/make.conf
+++ b/conf/armhfp/portage/make.conf
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ CHOST="armv7a-hardfloat-linux-gnueabi"
 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="arm ~arm"
 FEATURES="distcc distcc-pump buildpkg ccache parallel-fetch parallel-install protect-owned compressdebug splitdebug"
 EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="-j 2 -k --binpkg-changed-deps=y --binpkg-respect-use=y"
-MAKEOPTS="-j4 -l8 -s"
+MAKEOPTS="-j6 -l4 -s"
 CCACHE_SIZE="5G"
 CCACHE_DIR="/var/ccache"
 # Global USE flags