diff --git a/src/kcms/compositing/kwincompositing_setting.kcfg b/src/kcms/compositing/kwincompositing_setting.kcfg
index 0488de1fbd..989dd03f65 100644
--- a/src/kcms/compositing/kwincompositing_setting.kcfg
+++ b/src/kcms/compositing/kwincompositing_setting.kcfg
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
                <choice name="LatencyHigh" value="High"/>
                <choice name="LatencyExtremelyHigh" value="ExtremelyHigh"/>
            </choices>
-           <default>LatencyMedium</default>
+           <default>LatencyExtremelyHigh</default>
        </entry>
 
        <entry name="AllowTearing" type="Bool">
diff --git a/src/kwin.kcfg b/src/kwin.kcfg
index ffc7b1e353..f85548ff06 100644
--- a/src/kwin.kcfg
+++ b/src/kwin.kcfg
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
                 <choice name="LatencyHigh" value="High"/>
                 <choice name="LatencyExtremelyHigh" value="ExtremelyHigh"/>
             </choices>
-            <default>LatencyMedium</default>
+            <default>LatencyExtremelyHigh</default>
         </entry>
         <entry name="RenderTimeEstimator" type="Enum">
             <choices name="KWin::RenderTimeEstimator">
diff --git a/src/options.h b/src/options.h
index 27ae6a3f98..667af178a3 100644
--- a/src/options.h
+++ b/src/options.h
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ public:
     }
     static LatencyPolicy defaultLatencyPolicy()
     {
-        return LatencyMedium;
+        return LatencyExtremelyHigh;
     }
     static RenderTimeEstimator defaultRenderTimeEstimator()
     {