diff --git a/memcached.ini b/memcached.ini
index 138fd09a..c2072324 100644
--- a/memcached.ini
+++ b/memcached.ini
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@
 ; The minimum time, in milliseconds, to wait between session lock attempts.
 ; This value is double on each lock retry until memcached.sess_lock_wait_max
 ; is reached, after which any further retries will take sess_lock_wait_max seconds.
-; Default is 1000.
-;memcached.sess_lock_wait_min = 1000;
+; Default is 150.
+;memcached.sess_lock_wait_min = 150;
 
 ; The maximum time, in milliseconds, to wait between session lock attempts.
-; Default is 2000.
-;memcached.sess_lock_wait_max = 2000;
+; Default is 150.
+;memcached.sess_lock_wait_max = 150;
 
 ; The number of times to retry locking the session lock, not including the first attempt.
-; Default is 5.
-;memcached.sess_lock_retries = 5;
+; Default is 200.
+;memcached.sess_lock_retries = 200;
 
 ; The time, in seconds, before a lock should release itself.
 ; Setting to 0 results in the default behaviour, which is to
diff --git a/php_memcached.c b/php_memcached.c
index 01f98729..2e283818 100644
--- a/php_memcached.c
+++ b/php_memcached.c
@@ -361,8 +361,8 @@ PHP_INI_BEGIN()
 
 #ifdef HAVE_MEMCACHED_SESSION
 	MEMC_SESSION_INI_BOOL ("locking",                "1",          OnUpdateBool,           lock_enabled)
-	MEMC_SESSION_INI_ENTRY("lock_wait_min",          "1000",       OnUpdateLongGEZero,     lock_wait_min)
-	MEMC_SESSION_INI_ENTRY("lock_wait_max",          "2000",       OnUpdateLongGEZero,     lock_wait_max)
+	MEMC_SESSION_INI_ENTRY("lock_wait_min",          "150",        OnUpdateLongGEZero,     lock_wait_min)
+	MEMC_SESSION_INI_ENTRY("lock_wait_max",          "150",        OnUpdateLongGEZero,     lock_wait_max)
 	MEMC_SESSION_INI_ENTRY("lock_retries",           "5",          OnUpdateLong,           lock_retries)
 	MEMC_SESSION_INI_ENTRY("lock_expire",            "0",          OnUpdateLongGEZero,     lock_expiration)
 #if defined(LIBMEMCACHED_VERSION_HEX) && LIBMEMCACHED_VERSION_HEX < 0x01000018
@@ -4271,9 +4271,9 @@ PHP_GINIT_FUNCTION(php_memcached)
 #ifdef HAVE_MEMCACHED_SESSION
 
 	php_memcached_globals->session.lock_enabled = 0;
-	php_memcached_globals->session.lock_wait_max = 2000;
-	php_memcached_globals->session.lock_wait_min = 1000;
-	php_memcached_globals->session.lock_retries = 5;
+	php_memcached_globals->session.lock_wait_max = 150;
+	php_memcached_globals->session.lock_wait_min = 150;
+	php_memcached_globals->session.lock_retries = 200;
 	php_memcached_globals->session.lock_expiration = 30;
 	php_memcached_globals->session.binary_protocol_enabled = 1;
 	php_memcached_globals->session.consistent_hash_enabled = 1;