diff --git a/drivers/media/IR/ir-nec-decoder.c b/drivers/media/IR/ir-nec-decoder.c
index 52e0f378ae3df2b25a329bd1e0da1e3ba22ec834..1c0cf0300d2d90299a5f03251b897522ae86fd85 100644
--- a/drivers/media/IR/ir-nec-decoder.c
+++ b/drivers/media/IR/ir-nec-decoder.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 #define NEC_HEADER_PULSE	(16 * NEC_UNIT)
 #define NECX_HEADER_PULSE	(8  * NEC_UNIT) /* Less common NEC variant */
 #define NEC_HEADER_SPACE	(8  * NEC_UNIT)
-#define NEC_REPEAT_SPACE	(8  * NEC_UNIT)
+#define NEC_REPEAT_SPACE	(4  * NEC_UNIT)
 #define NEC_BIT_PULSE		(1  * NEC_UNIT)
 #define NEC_BIT_0_SPACE		(1  * NEC_UNIT)
 #define NEC_BIT_1_SPACE		(3  * NEC_UNIT)