diff --git a/src/tactic/smtlogics/qfnia_tactic.cpp b/src/tactic/smtlogics/qfnia_tactic.cpp
index cd956f3c6..1a22914f6 100644
--- a/src/tactic/smtlogics/qfnia_tactic.cpp
+++ b/src/tactic/smtlogics/qfnia_tactic.cpp
@@ -43,12 +43,15 @@ static tactic * mk_qfnia_bv_solver(ast_manager & m, params_ref const & p_ref) {
     simp2_p.set_bool("local_ctx", true);
     simp2_p.set_uint("local_ctx_limit", 10000000);
 
+    params_ref mem_p = p;
+    mem_p.set_uint("max_memory", 100);
+
     
     tactic * r = using_params(and_then(mk_simplify_tactic(m),
                                        mk_propagate_values_tactic(m),
                                        using_params(mk_simplify_tactic(m), simp2_p),
                                        mk_max_bv_sharing_tactic(m),
-                                       mk_bit_blaster_tactic(m),
+                                       using_params(mk_bit_blaster_tactic(m), mem_p),
                                        mk_sat_tactic(m)),
                               p);
     return r;