diff --git a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/screenshare_layers.cc b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/screenshare_layers.cc
index 9ea9ac9f7f..782dc772fc 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/screenshare_layers.cc
+++ b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/screenshare_layers.cc
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@
 namespace webrtc {
 
 static const int kOneSecond90Khz = 90000;
-static const int kMinTimeBetweenSyncs = kOneSecond90Khz * 5;
-static const int kMaxTimeBetweenSyncs = kOneSecond90Khz * 10;
+static const int kMinTimeBetweenSyncs = kOneSecond90Khz * 2;
+static const int kMaxTimeBetweenSyncs = kOneSecond90Khz * 4;
 static const int kQpDeltaThresholdForSync = 8;
 static const int kMinBitrateKbpsForQpBoost = 500;
 
diff --git a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/screenshare_layers_unittest.cc b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/screenshare_layers_unittest.cc
index 54f19b8c56..988c1b3a95 100644
--- a/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/screenshare_layers_unittest.cc
+++ b/modules/video_coding/codecs/vp8/screenshare_layers_unittest.cc
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ const int kDefaultQp = 54;
 const int kDefaultTl0BitrateKbps = 200;
 const int kDefaultTl1BitrateKbps = 2000;
 const int kFrameRate = 5;
-const int kSyncPeriodSeconds = 5;
-const int kMaxSyncPeriodSeconds = 10;
+const int kSyncPeriodSeconds = 2;
+const int kMaxSyncPeriodSeconds = 4;
 
 // Expected flags for corresponding temporal layers.
 const int kTl0Flags = VP8_EFLAG_NO_UPD_GF | VP8_EFLAG_NO_UPD_ARF |