diff --git a/Machines/Sinclair/ZXSpectrum/Video.hpp b/Machines/Sinclair/ZXSpectrum/Video.hpp
index 41122b219..371697511 100644
--- a/Machines/Sinclair/ZXSpectrum/Video.hpp
+++ b/Machines/Sinclair/ZXSpectrum/Video.hpp
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ template <VideoTiming timing> class Video {
 				.cycles_per_line = 228 * 2,
 				.lines_per_frame = 311,
 
-				// i.e. video fetching begins six cycles after the start of the
+				// i.e. video fetching begins five cycles after the start of the
 				// contended memory pattern below; that should put a clear two
 				// cycles between a Z80 access and the first video fetch.
-				.contention_leadin = 6 * 2,
+				.contention_leadin = 5 * 2,
 				.contention_duration = 129 * 2,
 
 				// i.e. interrupt is first signalled 14368 cycles before the first video fetch.