diff --git a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_common.c b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_common.c
index 2948d858659..967aadc6acb 100644
--- a/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_common.c
+++ b/src/virtio/vulkan/vn_common.c
@@ -130,9 +130,9 @@ vn_relax(const struct vn_ring *ring, uint32_t *iter, const char *reason)
     * base_sleep_us microseconds for the same number of times.  After that,
     * keep doubling both sleep length and count.
     */
-   const uint32_t busy_wait_order = 10;
+   const uint32_t busy_wait_order = 8;
    const uint32_t base_sleep_us = vn_env.relax_base_sleep_us;
-   const uint32_t warn_order = 14;
+   const uint32_t warn_order = 12;
    const uint32_t abort_order = 16;
 
    (*iter)++;
@@ -141,8 +141,8 @@ vn_relax(const struct vn_ring *ring, uint32_t *iter, const char *reason)
       return;
    }
 
-   /* warn occasionally if we have slept at least 1.28ms for 8192 times (plus
-    * another 8191 shorter sleeps)
+   /* warn occasionally if we have slept at least 1.28ms for 2048 times (plus
+    * another 2047 shorter sleeps)
     */
    if (unlikely(*iter % (1 << warn_order) == 0)) {
       vn_log(NULL, "stuck in %s wait with iter at %d", reason, *iter);