diff --git a/include/haproxy/quic_loss-t.h b/include/haproxy/quic_loss-t.h
index 5ca9b3a5e..9230eec1f 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/quic_loss-t.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/quic_loss-t.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 struct quic_loss {
 	/* The most recent RTT measurement. */
 	unsigned int latest_rtt;
-	/* Smoothed RTT << 4*/
+	/* Smoothed RTT << 3 */
 	unsigned int srtt;
 	/* RTT variation << 2 */
 	unsigned int rtt_var;
diff --git a/include/haproxy/quic_loss.h b/include/haproxy/quic_loss.h
index cc48f0df5..0aea165ec 100644
--- a/include/haproxy/quic_loss.h
+++ b/include/haproxy/quic_loss.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 static inline void quic_loss_init(struct quic_loss *ql)
 {
-	ql->srtt = QUIC_LOSS_INITIAL_RTT << 4;
+	ql->srtt = QUIC_LOSS_INITIAL_RTT << 3;
 	ql->rtt_var = (QUIC_LOSS_INITIAL_RTT >> 1) << 2;
 	ql->rtt_min = 0;
 	ql->pto_count = 0;