diff --git a/net/dcsctp/public/dcsctp_options.h b/net/dcsctp/public/dcsctp_options.h
index 692bed3bee..08893fda29 100644
--- a/net/dcsctp/public/dcsctp_options.h
+++ b/net/dcsctp/public/dcsctp_options.h
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ struct DcSctpOptions {
   DurationMs delayed_ack_max_timeout = DurationMs(200);
 
   // Do slow start as TCP - double cwnd instead of increasing it by MTU.
-  bool slow_start_tcp_style = true;
+  bool slow_start_tcp_style = false;
 
   // The initial congestion window size, in number of MTUs.
   // See https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4960#section-7.2.1 which defaults at ~3