diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test12.2 b/testsuite/expect/test12.2
index bfb56cf155ffad04768fb54526ddfa03b62cde52..c024d185364ae2902b76b9920fcb956893adccf0 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test12.2
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test12.2
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ set job_id      0
 set matches     0
 
 # job parameters
-set mem_size    1048576
+set mem_size    102400
 set sleep_time  32
 set ret_code    42
 set file_size   10485760