diff --git a/include/ck/host_utility/kernel_launch.hpp b/include/ck/host_utility/kernel_launch.hpp
index f48d3df1f9..67c046ace6 100755
--- a/include/ck/host_utility/kernel_launch.hpp
+++ b/include/ck/host_utility/kernel_launch.hpp
@@ -45,9 +45,10 @@ float launch_and_time_kernel(const StreamConfig& stream_config,
             float total_time = 0;
 
             hip_check_error(hipEventElapsedTime(&total_time, start, stop));
-            total_time /= 10;
+            total_time /= stream_config.nrepeat_;
             stream_config.cold_niters_ =
-                (1000.0 / total_time); // we need longer runtime to ramp up the clk on MI300s
+                (stream_config.time_limit_ms /
+                 total_time); // we need longer runtime to ramp up the clk on MI300s
             stream_config.nrepeat_ = stream_config.cold_niters_;
         }
 #endif
@@ -148,9 +149,10 @@ float launch_and_time_kernel_with_preprocess(const StreamConfig& stream_config,
             float total_time = 0;
 
             hip_check_error(hipEventElapsedTime(&total_time, start, stop));
-            total_time /= 10;
+            total_time /= stream_config.nrepeat_;
             stream_config.cold_niters_ =
-                (1000.0 / total_time); // we need longer runtime to ramp up the clk on MI300s
+                (stream_config.nrepeat_ /
+                 total_time); // we need longer runtime to ramp up the clk on MI300s
             stream_config.nrepeat_ = stream_config.cold_niters_;
         }
 #endif
diff --git a/include/ck/stream_config.hpp b/include/ck/stream_config.hpp
index 7e3069a2d0..821cee9bc2 100755
--- a/include/ck/stream_config.hpp
+++ b/include/ck/stream_config.hpp
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
 
 struct StreamConfig
 {
-    hipStream_t stream_id_   = nullptr;
-    bool time_kernel_        = false;
-    int log_level_           = 0;
-    mutable int cold_niters_ = 5;
-    mutable int nrepeat_     = 50;
+    hipStream_t stream_id_    = nullptr;
+    bool time_kernel_         = false;
+    int log_level_            = 0;
+    mutable int cold_niters_  = 5;
+    mutable int nrepeat_      = 50;
+    mutable int time_limit_ms = 1000; // for timing MI300 runs
 };