diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index bdbc81b5bc91..2b00a3ebee08 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
  */
 #define KVM_NR_IRQCHIPS 1
 #define KVM_IRQCHIP_NUM_PINS 4096
-#define KVM_HALT_POLL_NS_DEFAULT 80000
+#define KVM_HALT_POLL_NS_DEFAULT 50000
 
 /* s390-specific vcpu->requests bit members */
 #define KVM_REQ_ENABLE_IBS	KVM_ARCH_REQ(0)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 8d6d75db8de6..ac6163c334d6 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ MODULE_PARM_DESC(hpage, "1m huge page backing support");
 /* maximum percentage of steal time for polling.  >100 is treated like 100 */
 static u8 halt_poll_max_steal = 10;
 module_param(halt_poll_max_steal, byte, 0644);
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(hpage, "Maximum percentage of steal time to allow polling");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(halt_poll_max_steal, "Maximum percentage of steal time to allow polling");
 
 /*
  * For now we handle at most 16 double words as this is what the s390 base