diff --git a/src/modules/module_11600.c b/src/modules/module_11600.c
index 1a8a9b033..9a28d8eb9 100644
--- a/src/modules/module_11600.c
+++ b/src/modules/module_11600.c
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ u64 module_tmp_size (MAYBE_UNUSED const hashconfig_t *hashconfig, MAYBE_UNUSED c
 
 u32 module_kernel_accel_max (MAYBE_UNUSED const hashconfig_t *hashconfig, MAYBE_UNUSED const user_options_t *user_options, MAYBE_UNUSED const user_options_extra_t *user_options_extra)
 {
-  const u32 kernel_accel_max = 128; // password length affects total performance, this limits the wait times for threads with short password lengths if there's at least one thread with long password length
+  const u32 kernel_accel_max = 8; // password length affects total performance, this limits the wait times for threads with short password lengths if there's at least one thread with long password length
 
   return kernel_accel_max;
 }