diff --git a/ompi/mca/osc/rdma/osc_rdma_component.c b/ompi/mca/osc/rdma/osc_rdma_component.c
index a919bd2a35b8441c8056ae193a9b75ac3c7bb8f2..a0d7fe8e6f1991d444464449396543797bb0e267 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/osc/rdma/osc_rdma_component.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/osc/rdma/osc_rdma_component.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static int ompi_osc_rdma_component_register (void)
                                            MCA_BASE_VAR_SCOPE_GROUP, &mca_osc_rdma_component.max_attach);
     free(description_str);
 
-    mca_osc_rdma_component.priority = 101;
+    mca_osc_rdma_component.priority = 20;
     asprintf(&description_str, "Priority of the osc/rdma component (default: %d)",
              mca_osc_rdma_component.priority);
     (void) mca_base_component_var_register (&mca_osc_rdma_component.super.osc_version, "priority", description_str,
diff --git a/ompi/mca/osc/sm/osc_sm_component.c b/ompi/mca/osc/sm/osc_sm_component.c
index 03a1e949bd36b0c16326d3641c6173a683115d8c..be87bca8bd1904bf4206d8e24ccc86ebbcb9ab40 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/osc/sm/osc_sm_component.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/osc/sm/osc_sm_component.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ component_query(struct ompi_win_t *win, void **base, size_t size, int disp_unit,
         return ret;
     }
 
-    return 100;
+    return 50;
 }