diff --git a/test/rt/nanos6/several-tasks.c b/test/rt/nanos6/several-tasks.c
index a40b5c8..3817499 100644
--- a/test/rt/nanos6/several-tasks.c
+++ b/test/rt/nanos6/several-tasks.c
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 int main(void)
 {
-	for(int i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
+	for(int i = 0; i < 5000; i++)
 	{
 		#pragma oss task
 		{
-			for(volatile long j = 0; j < 100000L; j++)
+			for(volatile long j = 0; j < 10000L; j++)
 			{
 			}
 		}