diff --git a/repos/base/include/io_mem_session/connection.h b/repos/base/include/io_mem_session/connection.h
index f6e32581b..e8deb1969 100644
--- a/repos/base/include/io_mem_session/connection.h
+++ b/repos/base/include/io_mem_session/connection.h
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ struct Genode::Io_mem_connection : Connection<Io_mem_session>, Io_mem_session_cl
 	:
 		Connection<Io_mem_session>(env,
 		                           session(env.parent(),
-		                                   "cap_quota=%u, ram_quota=6K, "
+		                                   "cap_quota=%u, ram_quota=%u, "
 		                                   "base=0x%p, size=0x%lx, wc=%s",
-		                                   CAP_QUOTA, base, size,
+		                                   CAP_QUOTA, RAM_QUOTA, base, size,
 		                                   write_combined ? "yes" : "no")),
 		Io_mem_session_client(cap())
 	{ }
diff --git a/repos/base/include/io_mem_session/io_mem_session.h b/repos/base/include/io_mem_session/io_mem_session.h
index a607578c6..90d774e93 100644
--- a/repos/base/include/io_mem_session/io_mem_session.h
+++ b/repos/base/include/io_mem_session/io_mem_session.h
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ struct Genode::Io_mem_session : Session
 	 * session-object allocation, its session capability, and a dataspace
 	 * capability for the handed-out memory-mapped I/O dataspace.
 	 */
-	enum { CAP_QUOTA = 3 };
+	enum { CAP_QUOTA = 3, RAM_QUOTA = 6 * 1024 };
 
 	virtual ~Io_mem_session() { }