diff --git a/src/modules/module_11600.c b/src/modules/module_11600.c
index 12bd4bb81..75b09e003 100644
--- a/src/modules/module_11600.c
+++ b/src/modules/module_11600.c
@@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ u64 module_tmp_size (MAYBE_UNUSED const hashconfig_t *hashconfig, MAYBE_UNUSED c
   return tmp_size;
 }
 
+u32 module_kernel_accel_max (MAYBE_UNUSED const hashconfig_t *hashconfig, MAYBE_UNUSED const user_options_t *user_options, MAYBE_UNUSED const user_options_extra_t *user_options_extra)
+{
+  const u32 kernel_accel_max = 128; // password length affects total performance, this limits the wait times for threads with short password lengths if there's at least one thread with long password length
+
+  return kernel_accel_max;
+}
+
 u32 module_pw_max (MAYBE_UNUSED const hashconfig_t *hashconfig, MAYBE_UNUSED const user_options_t *user_options, MAYBE_UNUSED const user_options_extra_t *user_options_extra)
 {
   // this overrides the reductions of PW_MAX in case optimized kernel is selected
@@ -695,7 +702,7 @@ void module_init (module_ctx_t *module_ctx)
   module_ctx->module_hook_size                = module_hook_size;
   module_ctx->module_jit_build_options        = module_jit_build_options;
   module_ctx->module_jit_cache_disable        = MODULE_DEFAULT;
-  module_ctx->module_kernel_accel_max         = MODULE_DEFAULT;
+  module_ctx->module_kernel_accel_max         = module_kernel_accel_max;
   module_ctx->module_kernel_accel_min         = MODULE_DEFAULT;
   module_ctx->module_kernel_loops_max         = MODULE_DEFAULT;
   module_ctx->module_kernel_loops_min         = MODULE_DEFAULT;