diff --git a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/sigchld.sh b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/sigchld.sh
index e429d48a1..878f67a10 100755
--- a/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/sigchld.sh
+++ b/src/cmd/ksh93/tests/sigchld.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 
 . "${SHTESTS_COMMON:-${0%/*}/_common}"
 
-float DELAY=${1:-0.02}
+float DELAY=${1:-0.2}
 integer FOREGROUND=10 BACKGROUND=2
 
 s=$($SHELL -c '