diff --git a/benchmarks/opencl/saxpy/main.cc b/benchmarks/opencl/saxpy/main.cc
index 865bedf9..9cf5d774 100644
--- a/benchmarks/opencl/saxpy/main.cc
+++ b/benchmarks/opencl/saxpy/main.cc
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
   }
 
   cl_event kernel_completion;
-  size_t global_work_size[1] = {NUM_DATA/2,NUM_DATA/2};
+  size_t global_work_size[1] = {NUM_DATA};
   printf("attempting to enqueue kernel\n");
   fflush(stdout);
   CL_CHECK(clEnqueueNDRangeKernel(queue, kernel, 1, NULL, global_work_size,
diff --git a/rtl/VX_define.v b/rtl/VX_define.v
index 9b0aa1bf..57ba27f7 100644
--- a/rtl/VX_define.v
+++ b/rtl/VX_define.v
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@
    // Number of Word requests per cycle {1, 2, 4, 8, ...}
    `define DNUMBER_REQUESTS `NT
    // Number of cycles to complete stage 1 (read from memory)
-   `define DSTAGE_1_CYCLES 4
+   `define DSTAGE_1_CYCLES 2
    // Function ID
    `define DFUNC_ID 0
 
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@
    // Number of Word requests per cycle {1, 2, 4, 8, ...}
    `define INUMBER_REQUESTS 1
    // Number of cycles to complete stage 1 (read from memory)
-   `define ISTAGE_1_CYCLES 4
+   `define ISTAGE_1_CYCLES 2
    // Function ID
    `define IFUNC_ID 1