diff --git a/scripts/gen_compile_commands.py b/scripts/gen_compile_commands.py
index 7915823b92a5..c458696ef3a7 100755
--- a/scripts/gen_compile_commands.py
+++ b/scripts/gen_compile_commands.py
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ _LINE_PATTERN = r'^cmd_[^ ]*\.o := (.* )([^ ]*\.c)$'
 _VALID_LOG_LEVELS = ['DEBUG', 'INFO', 'WARNING', 'ERROR', 'CRITICAL']
 
 # A kernel build generally has over 2000 entries in its compile_commands.json
-# database. If this code finds 500 or fewer, then warn the user that they might
+# database. If this code finds 300 or fewer, then warn the user that they might
 # not have all the .cmd files, and they might need to compile the kernel.
-_LOW_COUNT_THRESHOLD = 500
+_LOW_COUNT_THRESHOLD = 300
 
 
 def parse_arguments():