diff --git a/logd/libaudit.c b/logd/libaudit.c
index d00d57959..cf76305d7 100644
--- a/logd/libaudit.c
+++ b/logd/libaudit.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int audit_setup(int fd, uint32_t pid)
      */
     status.pid = pid;
     status.mask = AUDIT_STATUS_PID | AUDIT_STATUS_RATE_LIMIT;
-    status.rate_limit = 20; // audit entries per second
+    status.rate_limit = 5; // audit entries per second
 
     /* Let the kernel know this pid will be registering for audit events */
     rc = audit_send(fd, AUDIT_SET, &status, sizeof(status));