diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 356125f7d7b1..4c5cc7c31a77 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -1,22 +1,22 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 freebsd_instance:
   image: freebsd-12-2-release-amd64
   cpu: 8
-  memory: 24G
+  memory: 8G
 
 env:
   CIRRUS_CLONE_DEPTH: 1
 
 task:
   name: World and kernel amd64 build test
   timeout_in: 90m
   install_script:
   - pkg install -y qemu-devel uefi-edk2-qemu-x86_64
   script:
   - make -j$(sysctl -n hw.ncpu) WITHOUT_TOOLCHAIN=yes buildworld buildkernel
 # FAT root fs fails on stable/12:
 # Mounting from msdosfs:/dev/ada0s1 failed with error 19.
 #
 #  test_script:
 #  - sh tools/boot/ci-qemu-test.sh