diff --git a/kernel/sched.c b/kernel/sched.c
index 8bf8a5528bc7..040807196b33 100644
--- a/kernel/sched.c
+++ b/kernel/sched.c
@@ -808,9 +808,9 @@ const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_nr_migrate = 32;
 
 /*
  * ratelimit for updating the group shares.
- * default: 0.5ms
+ * default: 0.25ms
  */
-const_debug unsigned int sysctl_sched_shares_ratelimit = 500000;
+unsigned int sysctl_sched_shares_ratelimit = 250000;
 
 /*
  * period over which we measure -rt task cpu usage in us.
@@ -5740,6 +5740,8 @@ static inline void sched_init_granularity(void)
 		sysctl_sched_latency = limit;
 
 	sysctl_sched_wakeup_granularity *= factor;
+
+	sysctl_sched_shares_ratelimit *= factor;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP