diff --git a/doc/Changelog b/doc/Changelog
index 7e592710c..edda0d427 100644
--- a/doc/Changelog
+++ b/doc/Changelog
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 	  reported by X41 D-Sec.
 	- Fix Out of Bound Write Compressed Names in rdata_copy(),
 	  reported by X41 D-Sec.
+	- Fix Hang in sldns_wire2str_pkt_scan(),
+	  reported by X41 D-Sec.
 
 2 December 2019: Wouter
 	- Merge pull request #122 from he32: In tcp_callback_writer(),
diff --git a/sldns/wire2str.c b/sldns/wire2str.c
index 8ccc78d95..f827d848d 100644
--- a/sldns/wire2str.c
+++ b/sldns/wire2str.c
@@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ int sldns_wire2str_dname_scan(uint8_t** d, size_t* dlen, char** s, size_t* slen,
 	/* spool labels onto the string, use compression if its there */
 	uint8_t* pos = *d;
 	unsigned i, counter=0;
-	unsigned maxcompr = 1000; /* loop detection, max compr ptrs */
+	unsigned maxcompr = 256; /* loop detection, max compr ptrs */
 	int in_buf = 1;
 	if(comprloop) {
 		if(*comprloop != 0)