diff --git a/test b/test
index d09f3d8..cec057c 100755
--- a/test
+++ b/test
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ mdadm() {
     case $* in
 	*-S* ) udevadm settle
 	       p=`cat /proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_max`
-	       echo 2000000 > /proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_max
+	       echo 20000 > /proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_max
     esac
     case $* in
 	*-C* ) $mdadm 2> $targetdir/stderr --quiet "$@" --auto=yes;;
diff --git a/tests/07revert-inplace b/tests/07revert-inplace
index 48416c8..a73eb97 100644
--- a/tests/07revert-inplace
+++ b/tests/07revert-inplace
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mdadm -CR --assume-clean $md0 -l5 -n4 -x1 $devlist4
 check raid5
 testdev $md0 3 $mdsize1 512
 mdadm -G $md0 -l 6
-sleep 3
+sleep 2
 mdadm -S $md0
 mdadm -A $md0 --update=revert-reshape $devlist4 --backup-file=/tmp/md-backup
 check wait
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ mdadm -CR --assume-clean $md0 -l6 -n5 $devlist4
 check raid6
 testdev $md0 3 $mdsize1 512
 mdadm -G $md0 -l 5
-sleep 3
+sleep 2
 mdadm -S $md0
 mdadm -A $md0 --update=revert-reshape $devlist4 --backup-file=/tmp/md-backup
 check wait
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ mdadm -CR --assume-clean $md0 -l10 -n6 -c 64 $devlist5
 check raid10
 testdev $md0 3 $mdsize1 64
 mdadm -G $md0 -c 32
-sleep 3
+sleep 2
 mdadm -S $md0
 strace -o /tmp/str ./mdadm -A $md0 --update=revert-reshape $devlist5
 check wait