diff --git a/kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c b/kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c
index f62d1d56f41d0c5f3e3ef2c12b7dea3eb6578a10..e6ef4401a13804b6a6604bf22671e0c9dc4d39b2 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/bpf_lru_list.c
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 #define LOCAL_FREE_TARGET		(128)
 #define LOCAL_NR_SCANS			LOCAL_FREE_TARGET
 
-#define PERCPU_FREE_TARGET		(16)
+#define PERCPU_FREE_TARGET		(4)
 #define PERCPU_NR_SCANS			PERCPU_FREE_TARGET
 
 /* Helpers to get the local list index */
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lru_map.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lru_map.c
index 87c05e5bdfdda217c5b845048b58f18eca4ee44f..8c10c9180c1a6535f18caafcdf7195f69d04ecd2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lru_map.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_lru_map.c
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include "bpf_util.h"
 
 #define LOCAL_FREE_TARGET	(128)
-#define PERCPU_FREE_TARGET	(16)
+#define PERCPU_FREE_TARGET	(4)
 
 static int nr_cpus;