Connecting rod for an internal combustion engine with variable compression, having an eccentric adjustment device for adjusting an effective connecting rod length, with a switchover valve for controlling a hydraulic fluid flow of the connecting rod, wherein the eccentric adjustment device has at least one first cylinder and one second cylinder with hydraulic chambers (14, 15), and wherein both in each case one inlet (16, 17) for the feed of hydraulic fluid into the cylinders from a supply source and in each case one outlet (20, 21) for the discharge of hydraulic fluid from the cylinders are provided, wherein the switchover valve has a stepped piston which is movable in a housing and which is selectively displaceable into a first switching position or a second switching position, wherein, in the first switching position, the outlet of the second cylinder, and in the second switching position, the outlet of the first cylinder, is connected to the supply source, wherein the cylinders are assigned in each case one check valve (18, 19) which permits a feed of hydraulic fluid into the cylinders and which prevents a discharge of hydraulic fluid from the cylinders, wherein the cylinders are connected such that, in the second switching position, hydraulic fluid can be conducted from the first cylinder into the second cylinder directly and in unthrottled fashion via the switchover valve, wherein a chamber volume of the second hydraulic chamber is smaller than a chamber volume of the first hydraulic chamber, characterized in that a throttle is provided via which, in the second switching position, an excess volume flow flows out in throttled fashion in the direction of the supply source, such that the second hydraulic chamber can be hydraulically preloaded, and in the second switching position, hydraulic fluid can be conducted from the first cylinder into the second cylinder directly and in unthrottled fashion via an annular channel of the stepped piston. wherein the eccentric adjustment device has at least one first cylinder and one second cylinder with hydraulic chambers (14, 15), and wherein both in each case one inlet (16, 17) for the feed of hydraulic fluid into the cylinders from a supply source and in each case one outlet (20, 21) for the discharge of hydraulic fluid from the cylinders are provided, wherein the switchover valve has a stepped piston which is movable in a housing and which is selectively displaceable into a first switching position or a second switching position, wherein, in the first switching position, the outlet of the second cylinder, and in the second switching position, the outlet of the first cylinder, is connected to the supply source, wherein the cylinders are assigned in each case one check valve (18, 19) which permits a feed of hydraulic fluid into the cylinders and which prevents a discharge of hydraulic fluid from the cylinders, wherein the cylinders are connected such that, in the second switching position, hydraulic fluid can be conducted from the first cylinder into the second cylinder directly and in unthrottled fashion via the switchover valve, wherein a chamber volume of the second hydraulic chamber is smaller than a chamber volume of the first hydraulic chamber, characterized in that a throttle is provided via which, in the second switching position, an excess volume flow flows out in throttled fashion in the direction of the supply source, such that the second hydraulic chamber can be hydraulically preloaded, and in the second switching position, hydraulic fluid can be conducted from the first cylinder into the second cylinder directly and in unthrottled fashion via an annular channel of the stepped piston.