diff --git a/kernel/sched_fair.c b/kernel/sched_fair.c
index 87c9d3a2aafa..b85cac4b5e25 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_fair.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_fair.c
@@ -73,13 +73,13 @@ unsigned int sysctl_sched_batch_wakeup_granularity = 10000000UL;
 
 /*
  * SCHED_OTHER wake-up granularity.
- * (default: 10 msec * (1 + ilog(ncpus)), units: nanoseconds)
+ * (default: 5 msec * (1 + ilog(ncpus)), units: nanoseconds)
  *
  * This option delays the preemption effects of decoupled workloads
  * and reduces their over-scheduling. Synchronous workloads will still
  * have immediate wakeup/sleep latencies.
  */
-unsigned int sysctl_sched_wakeup_granularity = 10000000UL;
+unsigned int sysctl_sched_wakeup_granularity = 5000000UL;
 
 const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_migration_cost = 500000UL;