diff --git a/drivers/iio/light/vcnl4000.c b/drivers/iio/light/vcnl4000.c
index b0e241aaefb4..98428bf430bd 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/light/vcnl4000.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/light/vcnl4000.c
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ static int vcnl4200_init(struct vcnl4000_data *data)
 	data->vcnl4200_ps.reg = VCNL4200_PS_DATA;
 	switch (id) {
 	case VCNL4200_PROD_ID:
-		/* Integration time is 50ms, but the experiments */
-		/* show 54ms in total. */
-		data->vcnl4200_al.sampling_rate = ktime_set(0, 54000 * 1000);
-		data->vcnl4200_ps.sampling_rate = ktime_set(0, 4200 * 1000);
+		/* Default wait time is 50ms, add 20% tolerance. */
+		data->vcnl4200_al.sampling_rate = ktime_set(0, 60000 * 1000);
+		/* Default wait time is 4.8ms, add 20% tolerance. */
+		data->vcnl4200_ps.sampling_rate = ktime_set(0, 5760 * 1000);
 		data->al_scale = 24000;
 		break;
 	case VCNL4040_PROD_ID: