diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-at91/cpuidle.c b/arch/arm/mach-at91/cpuidle.c
index 69f9e3bbf4e5..4ec6a6d9b9be 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-at91/cpuidle.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-at91/cpuidle.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ static struct cpuidle_driver at91_idle_driver = {
 	.states[1]		= {
 		.enter			= at91_enter_idle,
 		.exit_latency		= 10,
-		.target_residency	= 100000,
+		.target_residency	= 10000,
 		.flags			= CPUIDLE_FLAG_TIME_VALID,
 		.name			= "RAM_SR",
 		.desc			= "WFI and DDR Self Refresh",