diff --git a/kernel/time/clocksource.c b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
index e0980f0d9a0ad..8b270063b5152 100644
--- a/kernel/time/clocksource.c
+++ b/kernel/time/clocksource.c
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ static u64 clocksource_max_deferment(struct clocksource *cs)
 	 * note a margin of 12.5% is used because this can be computed with
 	 * a shift, versus say 10% which would require division.
 	 */
-	return max_nsecs - (max_nsecs >> 5);
+	return max_nsecs - (max_nsecs >> 3);
 }
 
 #ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_USES_GETTIMEOFFSET
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ void __clocksource_updatefreq_scale(struct clocksource *cs, u32 scale, u32 freq)
 	 * ~ 0.06ppm granularity for NTP. We apply the same 12.5%
 	 * margin as we do in clocksource_max_deferment()
 	 */
-	sec = (cs->mask - (cs->mask >> 5));
+	sec = (cs->mask - (cs->mask >> 3));
 	do_div(sec, freq);
 	do_div(sec, scale);
 	if (!sec)