diff --git a/testsuite/slurm_unit/api/manual/allocate-tst.c b/testsuite/slurm_unit/api/manual/allocate-tst.c
index bccc6ad696caaf521c845b4cd02777e01e3fdbe0..6c717fb5aa755d4a6739ba8055243b7ceac452ff 100644
--- a/testsuite/slurm_unit/api/manual/allocate-tst.c
+++ b/testsuite/slurm_unit/api/manual/allocate-tst.c
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (argc > 1) 
 		max_jobs = atoi (argv[1]);
 	else
-		max_jobs = 1000;
+		max_jobs = 1;
 
 	slurm_init_job_desc_msg( &job_mesg );
 	job_mesg. contiguous = 1;