diff --git a/shared/source/os_interface/windows/wddm/wddm.cpp b/shared/source/os_interface/windows/wddm/wddm.cpp
index dfe4a82d42..6fc31b3076 100644
--- a/shared/source/os_interface/windows/wddm/wddm.cpp
+++ b/shared/source/os_interface/windows/wddm/wddm.cpp
@@ -963,7 +963,7 @@ bool Wddm::setLowPriorityContextParam(D3DKMT_HANDLE contextHandle) {
     D3DKMT_SETCONTEXTSCHEDULINGPRIORITY contextPriority = {};
 
     contextPriority.hContext = contextHandle;
-    contextPriority.Priority = 1;
+    contextPriority.Priority = -7;
 
     if (debugManager.flags.ForceWddmLowPriorityContextValue.get() != -1) {
         contextPriority.Priority = static_cast<INT>(debugManager.flags.ForceWddmLowPriorityContextValue.get());
diff --git a/shared/test/unit_test/os_interface/windows/wddm20_tests.cpp b/shared/test/unit_test/os_interface/windows/wddm20_tests.cpp
index 572136750d..31e3c2bc74 100644
--- a/shared/test/unit_test/os_interface/windows/wddm20_tests.cpp
+++ b/shared/test/unit_test/os_interface/windows/wddm20_tests.cpp
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ TEST_F(WddmContextSchedulingPriorityTests, givenLowPriorityContextWhenInitializi
     auto createContextParams = this->getSetContextSchedulingPriorityDataCallFcn();
 
     EXPECT_EQ(osContext->getWddmContextHandle(), createContextParams->hContext);
-    EXPECT_EQ(1, createContextParams->Priority);
+    EXPECT_EQ(-7, createContextParams->Priority);
 }
 
 TEST_F(WddmContextSchedulingPriorityTests, givenLowPriorityContextWhenFailingDuringSetSchedulingPriorityThenThrow) {