diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/builtins.sh b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/builtins.sh
index da0291d2e..130176f3c 100755
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/builtins.sh
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/builtins.sh
@@ -874,7 +874,7 @@ IMPLEMENTATION
 sleepsig="$tmp/sleepsig.sh"
 cat >| "$sleepsig" << 'EOF'
 sleep -s 31 &
-sleep .001
+sleep .1
 kill -CONT $!
 if kill -0 $!; then
 	kill -TERM $! # Don't leave a lingering background process