diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 09cf84d432b8..2182795bb1bf 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ menu "FAIR Scheuler tunables"
 
 choice
 	prompt "Utilization's PELT half-Life"
-	default PELT_UTIL_HALFLIFE_32
+	default PELT_UTIL_HALFLIFE_16
 	help
 	  Allows choosing one of the possible values for the PELT half-life to
 	  be used for the update of the utilization of tasks and CPUs.