diff --git a/scripts/top-complexity b/scripts/top-complexity
index a5e3bc13b8..52a463f6ab 100755
--- a/scripts/top-complexity
+++ b/scripts/top-complexity
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ my %whitelist = (
     );
 
 # functions with complexity above this level causes the function to return error
-my $cutoff = 90;
+my $cutoff = 80;
 
 # functions above this complexity level are shown
 my $show = 65;