diff --git a/tests/test-inotify-issue1371 b/tests/test-inotify-issue1371
--- a/tests/test-inotify-issue1371
+++ b/tests/test-inotify-issue1371
@@ -29,8 +29,7 @@ hg add g
 hg mv e h
 hg status
 
-
-sleep 5
+sleep 1
 echo "Are we able to kill the service? if not, the service died on some error"
 kill `cat hg.pid`