diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index bdbc81b5bc914bea9526a530625a360fb7a1cf26..2b00a3ebee08627f89653ec8073cc1f2c7854b84 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  */
 #define KVM_NR_IRQCHIPS 1
 #define KVM_IRQCHIP_NUM_PINS 4096
-#define KVM_HALT_POLL_NS_DEFAULT 80000
+#define KVM_HALT_POLL_NS_DEFAULT 50000
 
 /* s390-specific vcpu->requests bit members */
 #define KVM_REQ_ENABLE_IBS	KVM_ARCH_REQ(0)