diff --git a/src/backupformat/rsync.js b/src/backupformat/rsync.js
index 8521fb955..7a9c8913e 100644
--- a/src/backupformat/rsync.js
+++ b/src/backupformat/rsync.js
@@ -155,8 +155,8 @@ async function saveFsMetadata(dataLayout, metadataFile) {
 
     // we assume small number of files. spawnSync will raise a ENOBUFS error after maxBuffer
     for (const lp of dataLayout.localPaths()) {
-        const [emptyDirsError, emptyDirs] = await safe(shell.spawn('find', [lp, '-type', 'd', '-empty'], { encoding: 'utf8', maxLines: 50000 }));
-        if (emptyDirsError && emptyDirsError.stdoutLineCount >= 50000) throw new BoxError(BoxError.FS_ERROR, `Too many empty directories. Run "find ${lp} -type d -empty" to investigate`);
+        const [emptyDirsError, emptyDirs] = await safe(shell.spawn('find', [lp, '-type', 'd', '-empty'], { encoding: 'utf8', maxLines: 80000 }));
+        if (emptyDirsError && emptyDirsError.stdoutLineCount >= 80000) throw new BoxError(BoxError.FS_ERROR, `Too many empty directories. Run "find ${lp} -type d -empty" to investigate`);
         if (emptyDirsError) throw emptyDirsError;
         if (emptyDirs.length) metadata.emptyDirs = metadata.emptyDirs.concat(emptyDirs.trim().split('\n').map((ed) => dataLayout.toRemotePath(ed)));