diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index f15713ae3f34507292d8afa3cde64f77e84248cb..e59b172666cd31aa35635216d74ecdb21106b0dd 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_MMIO
 #define KVM_COALESCED_MMIO_PAGE_OFFSET 1
 #endif
-#define KVM_HALT_POLL_NS_DEFAULT 500000
+#define KVM_HALT_POLL_NS_DEFAULT 10000	/* 10 us */
 
 /* These values are internal and can be increased later */
 #define KVM_NR_IRQCHIPS          1