diff --git a/common/src/test/java/io/netty/util/HashedWheelTimerTest.java b/common/src/test/java/io/netty/util/HashedWheelTimerTest.java
index 50e1ba63ec..d8c2a9c47e 100644
--- a/common/src/test/java/io/netty/util/HashedWheelTimerTest.java
+++ b/common/src/test/java/io/netty/util/HashedWheelTimerTest.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public class HashedWheelTimerTest {
     public void testExecutionOnTime() throws InterruptedException {
         int tickDuration = 200;
         int timeout = 125;
-        int maxTimeout = tickDuration + timeout + tickDuration;
+        int maxTimeout = 2 * (tickDuration + timeout);
         final HashedWheelTimer timer = new HashedWheelTimer(tickDuration, TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS);
         final BlockingQueue<Long> queue = new LinkedBlockingQueue<Long>();