diff --git a/skimage/measure/fit.py b/skimage/measure/fit.py
index b2fb3c13..aaccc060 100644
--- a/skimage/measure/fit.py
+++ b/skimage/measure/fit.py
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ class EllipseModel(BaseModel):
 
 
 def ransac(data, model_class, min_samples, residual_threshold,
-           max_trials=1000):
+           max_trials=100):
     '''Fits a model to data with the RANSAC (random sample consensus) algorithm.
 
     Parameters