diff --git a/etc/defaults/rc.conf b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
index 674c7e594c17..a87637802990 100644
--- a/etc/defaults/rc.conf
+++ b/etc/defaults/rc.conf
@@ -472,9 +472,9 @@ devfs_rulesets="/etc/defaults/devfs.rules /etc/devfs.rules" # Files containing
 devfs_system_ruleset=""	# The name of a ruleset to apply to /dev
 devfs_set_rulesets=""	# A list of /mount/dev=ruleset_name settings to
 			# apply (must be mounted already, i.e. fstab(5))
-performance_cx_lowest="LOW"		# Online CPU idle state
+performance_cx_lowest="HIGH"		# Online CPU idle state
 performance_cpu_freq="NONE"		# Online CPU frequency
-economy_cx_lowest="LOW"			# Offline CPU idle state
+economy_cx_lowest="HIGH"		# Offline CPU idle state
 economy_cpu_freq="NONE"			# Offline CPU frequency
 virecover_enable="YES"	# Perform housekeeping for the vi(1) editor
 ugidfw_enable="NO"	# Load mac_bsdextended(4) rules on boot