diff --git a/sys/x86/x86/local_apic.c b/sys/x86/x86/local_apic.c
index d8bda77..bb15df0 100644
- a/sys/x86/x86/local_apic.c
+++ b/sys/x86/x86/local_apic.c
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ native_lapic_init(vm_paddr_t addr)
}
#ifdef SMP
-#define LOOPS 1000000
+#define LOOPS 100000
/* * Calibrate the busy loop waiting for IPI ack in xAPIC mode. * lapic_ipi_wait_mult contains the number of iterations which