diff --git a/tests/test.conf b/tests/test.conf
index 38cf8082d..c3abbce1c 100755
--- a/tests/test.conf
+++ b/tests/test.conf
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 LOGSUPPRESS='^\(\*\*[0-9]*\*\* \)\?[0-9]\{10,\}[:!] \(TRACE\|INFO\|NOTICE\|WARNING\|ERR\|TODO\|PLANNED\|FIXME\|DEPRECATED\|UNIMPLEMENTED\|RESOURCE_ANNOUNCE\|RESOURCE_ENTER\|RESOURCE_STATE\|RESOURCE_LEAVE\):'
+
+LIMIT_VG_CPU=55
+LIMIT_VG_TIME=60
diff --git a/tests/test.sh b/tests/test.sh
index 77eae39e7..6b4944d55 100755
--- a/tests/test.sh
+++ b/tests/test.sh
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ if [ "$VALGRINDFLAGS" = 'DISABLE' ]; then
     echo "valgrind explicit disabled"
 else
     if [ "$(which valgrind)" ]; then
-	ulimit -S -t ${ULIMIT_VG_CPU:-20} -v ${ULIMIT_VG_VSZ:-524288}
+	ulimit -S -t ${LIMIT_VG_CPU:-20} -v ${LIMIT_VG_VSZ:-524288}
         LIMIT_TIME_REAL="$LIMIT_VG_TIME"
         if [[ -x 'vgsuppression' ]]; then
             if [[ 'vgsuppression' -nt 'vgsuppression.supp' ]]; then