diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_managedDiskController.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_managedDiskController.go
index faebdab2dea..1bbd65ac19a 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_managedDiskController.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/providers/azure/azure_managedDiskController.go
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ import (
 
 const (
 	// default IOPS Caps & Throughput Cap (MBps) per https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/virtual-machines/linux/disks-ultra-ssd
-	defaultDiskIOPSReadWrite = 1200
-	defaultDiskMBpsReadWrite = 300
+	defaultDiskIOPSReadWrite = 500
+	defaultDiskMBpsReadWrite = 100
 )
 
 //ManagedDiskController : managed disk controller struct