diff --git a/packages/sysutils/util-linux/scripts/32_swapfile b/packages/sysutils/util-linux/scripts/32_swapfile
index 0a21f425d0..42caea6a12 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/util-linux/scripts/32_swapfile
+++ b/packages/sysutils/util-linux/scripts/32_swapfile
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ fi
       for i in $SWAP; do
         swapon -p 10000 $SWAP 2>&1 > /dev/null
       done
-      sysctl -w vm.swappiness=1 2>&1 > /dev/null
+      sysctl -w vm.swappiness=10 2>&1 > /dev/null
   fi
 )&