diff --git a/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/const.py b/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/const.py
index af629cb2927..acedd59234d 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/const.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/const.py
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ type AsyncWebSocketCommandHandler = Callable[
 DOMAIN: Final = "websocket_api"
 URL: Final = "/api/websocket"
 PENDING_MSG_PEAK: Final = 1024
+READY_FUTURE_MAX_MESSAGES: Final = 128
 PENDING_MSG_PEAK_TIME: Final = 5
 # Maximum number of messages that can be pending at any given time.
 # This is effectively the upper limit of the number of entities
diff --git a/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/http.py b/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/http.py
index 0c493cce201..cbe6452507e 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/http.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/websocket_api/http.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ from .const import (
     MAX_PENDING_MSG,
     PENDING_MSG_PEAK,
     PENDING_MSG_PEAK_TIME,
+    READY_FUTURE_MAX_MESSAGES,
     SIGNAL_WEBSOCKET_CONNECTED,
     SIGNAL_WEBSOCKET_DISCONNECTED,
     URL,
@@ -247,7 +248,9 @@ class WebSocketHandler:
         We will release the ready future if the queue did not grow since the
         last time we tried to release the ready future.
 
-        If we reach the peak, we will release the ready future immediately.
+        If we reach READY_FUTURE_MAX_MESSAGES, we will release the ready
+        future immediately so avoid the messages getting to large which
+        can cause Chrome to stall (not not firefox).
         """
         if (
             not (ready_future := self._ready_future)
@@ -256,10 +259,7 @@ class WebSocketHandler:
         ):
             self._release_ready_queue_size = 0
             return
-        # If we are below the peak and there are new messages in the queue
-        # since the last time we tried to release the ready future, we try again
-        # later so we can coalesce more messages.
-        if queue_size > self._release_ready_queue_size < PENDING_MSG_PEAK:
+        if queue_size > self._release_ready_queue_size < READY_FUTURE_MAX_MESSAGES:
             self._release_ready_queue_size = queue_size
             self._loop.call_soon(self._release_ready_future_or_reschedule)
             return