diff --git a/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelParameters.cpp b/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelParameters.cpp
index e33a4c4d2..4376a2a52 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelParameters.cpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/BlackoilModelParameters.cpp
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace Opm
         tolerance_well_control_ = param.getDefault("tolerance_well_control", tolerance_well_control_);
         maxSinglePrecisionTimeStep_ = unit::convert::from(
                 param.getDefault("max_single_precision_days", unit::convert::to( maxSinglePrecisionTimeStep_, unit::day) ), unit::day );
-        max_iter_ = param.getDefault("max_iter",15);
+        max_iter_ = param.getDefault("max_iter",10);
         solve_welleq_initially_ = param.getDefault("solve_welleq_initially",solve_welleq_initially_);
         update_equations_scaling_ = param.getDefault("update_equations_scaling", update_equations_scaling_);
         use_update_stabilization_ = param.getDefault("use_update_stabilization", use_update_stabilization_);
diff --git a/opm/autodiff/NonlinearSolver_impl.hpp b/opm/autodiff/NonlinearSolver_impl.hpp
index cc6126a01..1caaa0ece 100644
--- a/opm/autodiff/NonlinearSolver_impl.hpp
+++ b/opm/autodiff/NonlinearSolver_impl.hpp
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ namespace Opm
         relax_max_       = 0.5;
         relax_increment_ = 0.1;
         relax_rel_tol_   = 0.2;
-        max_iter_        = 15;
+        max_iter_        = 10;
         min_iter_        = 1;
     }