diff --git a/src/switch_apr.c b/src/switch_apr.c
index 2fcb2cd81e..aeb10185a9 100644
--- a/src/switch_apr.c
+++ b/src/switch_apr.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_threadattr_create(switch_threadattr_t **
 
 	if ((status = apr_threadattr_create(new_attr, pool)) == SWITCH_STATUS_SUCCESS) {
 #ifndef WIN32
-		(*new_attr)->priority = SWITCH_PRI_NORMAL;
+		(*new_attr)->priority = SWITCH_PRI_LOW;
 #endif
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/switch_core.c b/src/switch_core.c
index 70d4cd5d0f..4912f0abd8 100644
--- a/src/switch_core.c
+++ b/src/switch_core.c
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(int32_t) set_realtime_priority(void)
 	const char *rt = "/proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us";
 	char data[] = "-1\n";
 	struct sched_param sched = { 0 };
-	sched.sched_priority = SWITCH_PRI_REALTIME;
+	sched.sched_priority = SWITCH_PRI_LOW;
 	if (sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_RR, &sched)) {
 		sched.sched_priority = 0;
 		if (sched_setscheduler(0, SCHED_OTHER, &sched)) {