diff --git a/src/vnet/tcp/builtin_client.c b/src/vnet/tcp/builtin_client.c
index 5b4c867..527b328 100644
--- a/src/vnet/tcp/builtin_client.c
+++ b/src/vnet/tcp/builtin_client.c
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@
       if ((i % 4) == 0)
 	vlib_process_suspend (vm, 10e-6);
       ASSERT (i + 1 >= tm->ready_connections);
-      while (i + 1 - tm->ready_connections > 8000)
+      while (i + 1 - tm->ready_connections > 1000)
 	{
 	  vlib_process_suspend (vm, 100e-6);
 	}