diff --git a/repos/ports/src/virtualbox6/sup_gim.cc b/repos/ports/src/virtualbox6/sup_gim.cc
index f19576bca8..e9c21d9394 100644
--- a/repos/ports/src/virtualbox6/sup_gim.cc
+++ b/repos/ports/src/virtualbox6/sup_gim.cc
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 
 /* Genode includes */
 #include <base/log.h>
+#include <util/misc_math.h>
 
 /* VirtualBox includes */
 #include <GIMInternal.h>      /* needed for access to VM::gim.s */
@@ -59,6 +60,18 @@ void Sup::update_gim_system_time(VM &vm, VMCPU &vmcpu)
 	uint64_t uTsc        = 0;
 	uint64_t uVirtNanoTS = 0;
 
+	enum { MAX_MEASUREMENT_DURATION_NS = 400U };
+
+	/* calculate max duration from tsc */
+	PSUPGLOBALINFOPAGE pGip      = g_pSUPGlobalInfoPage;
+	uint64_t           max_ticks = MAX_MEASUREMENT_DURATION_NS;
+
+	if(pGip && pGip->u64CpuHz) {
+		/* round */
+		uint64_t ticks_per_ns = (pGip->u64CpuHz + 500'000'000) / 1'000'000'000;
+		max_ticks = max(ticks_per_ns * MAX_MEASUREMENT_DURATION_NS, max_ticks);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * If we got preempted during the measurement, repeat.
 	 */
@@ -68,14 +81,14 @@ void Sup::update_gim_system_time(VM &vm, VMCPU &vmcpu)
 		uVirtNanoTS               = TMVirtualGetNoCheck(&vm)    | UINT64_C(1);
 		uint64_t const uTsc_again = TMCpuTickGetNoCheck(&vmcpu) | UINT64_C(1);
 
-		enum { MAX_MEASUREMENT_DURATION = 200U };
 
-		if (uTsc_again - uTsc < MAX_MEASUREMENT_DURATION)
+		if (uTsc_again - uTsc < max_ticks)
 			break;
 
 		if (round > 3 && round % 2 == 0)
 			warning("preemption during measurement, uTsc=", uTsc,
-			        " uTsc_again=", uTsc_again, " uVirtNanoTS=", uVirtNanoTS);
+			        " uTsc_again=", uTsc_again, " uVirtNanoTS=", uVirtNanoTS,
+			        " max_ticks=", max_ticks);
 	}
 
 	for (VMCPUID idCpu = 0; idCpu < vm.cCpus; idCpu++) {