diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test1.92 b/testsuite/expect/test1.92
index c23d95e5b20b3603c89454c1ccd35358c022bac1..a43b99d11b24f017bee37aa9a3fde53e275b7242 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test1.92
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test1.92
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ exit 0
 #
 # Create an allocation
 #
+set timeout $max_job_delay
 set salloc_pid [spawn $salloc -N2 -n4 --verbose -t2 $bin_bash]
 expect {
 	-re "More processors requested than permitted" {