diff --git a/test/jdk/java/lang/StringBuilder/RacingSBThreads.java b/test/jdk/java/lang/StringBuilder/RacingSBThreads.java
index 9177f5de1aa..26f5cf9385a 100644
--- a/test/jdk/java/lang/StringBuilder/RacingSBThreads.java
+++ b/test/jdk/java/lang/StringBuilder/RacingSBThreads.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 public class RacingSBThreads {
 
     private static final int TIMEOUT_SEC = 1;   // Duration to run each test case
-    private static final int N = 10_000_000;    // static number of iterations for writes and modifies
+    private static final int N = 1_000_000;     // static number of iterations for writes and modifies
     private static final int LEN = 100_000;     // Length of initial SB
 
     // Strings available to be used as the initial contents of a StringBuilder