diff --git a/tokio/tests/time_sleep.rs b/tokio/tests/time_sleep.rs
index 4afcc12c10d..6da7ada0394 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/time_sleep.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/time_sleep.rs
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ async fn greater_than_max() {
 
 #[tokio::test]
 async fn short_sleeps() {
-    for _ in 0..10000 {
+    for _ in 0..1000 {
         tokio::time::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(0)).await;
     }
 }