diff --git a/maintenance/cleanupTitles.php b/maintenance/cleanupTitles.php
index 5b441f90f1f..234e1b1f2a1 100644
--- a/maintenance/cleanupTitles.php
+++ b/maintenance/cleanupTitles.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ class TitleCleanup extends TableCleanup {
 	public function __construct() {
 		parent::__construct();
 		$this->addDescription( 'Script to clean up broken, unparseable titles' );
+		$this->batchSize = 1000;
 	}
 
 	/**