diff --git a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_simulate_comp_failures_small.test b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_simulate_comp_failures_small.test
index 7332a8c6ba4..e64d38008d2 100644
--- a/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_simulate_comp_failures_small.test
+++ b/mysql-test/suite/innodb/t/innodb_simulate_comp_failures_small.test
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 --let $num_inserts = 10000
---let $num_ops = 3000
+--let $num_ops = 300
 --source suite/innodb/include/innodb_simulate_comp_failures.inc
 # clean exit
 --exit