diff --git a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf/15MaxRetries b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf/15MaxRetries
index 78048fa..e96acae 100644
--- a/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf/15MaxRetries
+++ b/root/etc/e-smith/templates/etc/fail2ban/jail.conf/15MaxRetries
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-our $maxretry = $fail2ban{'MaxRetry'} || '4';
+our $maxretry = $fail2ban{'MaxRetry'} || '3';
 
 $OUT .= "maxretry = $maxretry";