diff --git a/hw/etraxfs_timer.c b/hw/etraxfs_timer.c
index 08a6f18384..498f8a7aae 100644
--- a/hw/etraxfs_timer.c
+++ b/hw/etraxfs_timer.c
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ timer_winvalid (void *opaque, target_phys_addr_t addr, uint32_t value)
 		  addr, env->pc);
 }
 
-#define TIMER_SLOWDOWN 4
+#define TIMER_SLOWDOWN 1
 static void update_ctrl(struct fs_timer_t *t)
 {
 	unsigned int op;