diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/sigchld.sh b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/sigchld.sh
index d4148cea0..1ea123560 100755
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/sigchld.sh
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/sigchld.sh
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ then
 		integer running=0 maxrunning=0
 		trap "((running--))" CHLD
 		for ((i=0; i<JOBCOUNT; i++))
-		do	sleep .5 &
+		do	sleep 1 &
 			if	((++running > maxrunning))
 			then	((maxrunning=running))
 			fi