diff --git a/servlet/src/main/java/io/grpc/servlet/ServletServerStream.java b/servlet/src/main/java/io/grpc/servlet/ServletServerStream.java
index 5d11abf0f90..bc367587cc6 100644
--- a/servlet/src/main/java/io/grpc/servlet/ServletServerStream.java
+++ b/servlet/src/main/java/io/grpc/servlet/ServletServerStream.java
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ private static final class ByteArrayWritableBuffer implements WritableBuffer {
     private int index;
 
     ByteArrayWritableBuffer(int capacityHint) {
-      this.bytes = new byte[min(1024 * 1024,  max(4096, capacityHint))];
+      this.bytes = new byte[min(1024 * 1024, capacityHint)];
       this.capacity = bytes.length;
     }