diff --git a/src/mono/sample/wasm/browser-advanced/main.js b/src/mono/sample/wasm/browser-advanced/main.js
index 613c30cf48b220..f3c7f8db928f34 100644
--- a/src/mono/sample/wasm/browser-advanced/main.js
+++ b/src/mono/sample/wasm/browser-advanced/main.js
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ try {
         // It is preferred to use specific 'with***' methods instead in all other cases.
         .withConfig({
             startupMemoryCache: true,
+            maxParallelDownloads: 1,
             resources: {
                 modulesAfterConfigLoaded: {
                     "advanced-sample.lib.module.js": ""
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/runtime/loader/assets.ts b/src/mono/wasm/runtime/loader/assets.ts
index cc864a439afe4e..50ad4b4c93573c 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/runtime/loader/assets.ts
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/runtime/loader/assets.ts
@@ -148,8 +148,6 @@ export function resolve_single_asset_path(behavior: SingleAssetBehaviors): Asset
 
 export async function mono_download_assets(): Promise<void> {
     mono_log_debug("mono_download_assets");
-    loaderHelpers.maxParallelDownloads = loaderHelpers.config.maxParallelDownloads || loaderHelpers.maxParallelDownloads;
-    loaderHelpers.enableDownloadRetry = loaderHelpers.config.enableDownloadRetry || loaderHelpers.enableDownloadRetry;
     try {
         const promises_of_assets: Promise<AssetEntryInternal>[] = [];
 
diff --git a/src/mono/wasm/runtime/loader/config.ts b/src/mono/wasm/runtime/loader/config.ts
index e805223074bccd..59ce4a5f0f0f9c 100644
--- a/src/mono/wasm/runtime/loader/config.ts
+++ b/src/mono/wasm/runtime/loader/config.ts
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ export function normalizeConfig() {
     runtimeHelpers.enablePerfMeasure = !!config.browserProfilerOptions
         && globalThis.performance
         && typeof globalThis.performance.measure === "function";
+
+    loaderHelpers.maxParallelDownloads = config.maxParallelDownloads || loaderHelpers.maxParallelDownloads;
+    loaderHelpers.enableDownloadRetry = config.enableDownloadRetry !== undefined ? config.enableDownloadRetry : loaderHelpers.enableDownloadRetry;
 }
 
 let configLoaded = false;