diff --git a/test/sequential/test-http-server-consumed-timeout.js b/test/sequential/test-http-server-consumed-timeout.js
index e6157a0a1d..abe100c190 100644
--- a/test/sequential/test-http-server-consumed-timeout.js
+++ b/test/sequential/test-http-server-consumed-timeout.js
@@ -3,18 +3,26 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const http = require('http');
 
+let time = Date.now();
+let intervalWasInvoked = false;
+const TIMEOUT = common.platformTimeout(200);
+
 const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
   server.close();
 
   res.writeHead(200);
   res.flushHeaders();
 
-  req.setTimeout(common.platformTimeout(200),
-                 common.mustNotCall('Request timeout should not fire'));
+  req.setTimeout(TIMEOUT, () => {
+    if (!intervalWasInvoked)
+      return common.skip('interval was not invoked quickly enough for test');
+    common.fail('Request timeout should not fire');
+  });
+
   req.resume();
-  req.once('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+  req.once('end', () => {
     res.end();
-  }));
+  });
 });
 
 server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
@@ -23,12 +31,19 @@ server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
     method: 'POST'
   }, (res) => {
     const interval = setInterval(() => {
+      intervalWasInvoked = true;
+      // If machine is busy enough that the interval takes more than TIMEOUT ms
+      // to be invoked, skip the test.
+      const now = Date.now();
+      if (now - time > TIMEOUT)
+        return common.skip('interval is not invoked quickly enough for test');
+      time = now;
       req.write('a');
     }, common.platformTimeout(25));
     setTimeout(() => {
       clearInterval(interval);
       req.end();
-    }, common.platformTimeout(200));
+    }, TIMEOUT);
   });
   req.write('.');
 }));