diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/freq-step.c b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/freq-step.c
index 8cd10662ffba..4b76450d78d1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timers/freq-step.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timers/freq-step.c
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 #define SAMPLE_READINGS 10
 #define MEAN_SAMPLE_INTERVAL 0.1
 #define STEP_INTERVAL 1.0
-#define MAX_PRECISION 100e-9
-#define MAX_FREQ_ERROR 10e-6
-#define MAX_STDDEV 1000e-9
+#define MAX_PRECISION 500e-9
+#define MAX_FREQ_ERROR 0.02e-6
+#define MAX_STDDEV 50e-9
 
 #ifndef ADJ_SETOFFSET
   #define ADJ_SETOFFSET 0x0100