diff --git a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoah_globals.hpp b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoah_globals.hpp
index e514d41369f..b8baf6b3ebf 100644
--- a/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoah_globals.hpp
+++ b/src/hotspot/share/gc/shenandoah/shenandoah_globals.hpp
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@
           "to learn application and GC performance.")                       \
           range(0,100)                                                      \
                                                                             \
-  product(uintx, ShenandoahImmediateThreshold, 90, EXPERIMENTAL,            \
+  product(uintx, ShenandoahImmediateThreshold, 70, EXPERIMENTAL,            \
           "The cycle may shortcut when enough garbage can be reclaimed "    \
           "from the immediate garbage (completely garbage regions). "       \
           "In percents of total garbage found. Setting this threshold "     \