diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/db/tdb_cassandra.py b/r2/r2/lib/db/tdb_cassandra.py
index 8c98fa137..7bfeb0838 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/db/tdb_cassandra.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/db/tdb_cassandra.py
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ CL = Storage(ANY    = ConsistencyLevel.ANY,
 # wire for a given row (this should be increased if we start working
 # with classes with lots of columns, like Account which has lots of
 # karma_ rows, or we should not do that)
-max_column_count = 10000
+max_column_count = 25000
 
 class CassandraException(Exception):
     """Base class for Exceptions in tdb_cassandra"""