diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c
index 3928027fead..60db567fb32 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/writing.c
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ static bool stream_ref_if_not_destroyed(gpr_refcount *r) {
   return true;
 }
 
+/* How many bytes of incoming flow control would we like to advertise */
 uint32_t grpc_chttp2_target_incoming_window(grpc_chttp2_transport *t) {
   return (uint32_t)GPR_MIN(
       (int64_t)((1u << 31) - 1),
@@ -168,6 +169,11 @@ uint32_t grpc_chttp2_target_incoming_window(grpc_chttp2_transport *t) {
                      [GRPC_CHTTP2_SETTINGS_INITIAL_WINDOW_SIZE]);
 }
 
+/* How many bytes would we like to put on the wire during a single syscall */
+static uint32_t target_write_size(grpc_chttp2_transport *t) {
+  return 1024 * 1024;
+}
+
 grpc_chttp2_begin_write_result grpc_chttp2_begin_write(
     grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, grpc_chttp2_transport *t) {
   grpc_chttp2_stream *s;
@@ -208,7 +214,7 @@ grpc_chttp2_begin_write_result grpc_chttp2_begin_write(
   /* for each grpc_chttp2_stream that's become writable, frame it's data
      (according to available window sizes) and add to the output buffer */
   while (true) {
-    if (t->outbuf.length > 1024 * 1024) {
+    if (t->outbuf.length > target_write_size(t)) {
       partial_write = true;
       break;
     }