diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test9.8 b/testsuite/expect/test9.8
index 656850ea2da73091b658fe2b8895a50a0d9bb70f..3cd2abaa12a417549eae1790ccf812b035bec5dd 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test9.8
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test9.8
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ if {[test_front_end] != 0 || $enable_memory_leak_debug != 0} {
 #
 make_bash_script $file_in "
 $bin_sleep 5
+ulimit -u 7168
 for ((inx=0; inx < $task_cnt; inx++)) ; do
         $srun -N1 -n1 $bin_sleep $sleep_time &
 done