diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test9.8 b/testsuite/expect/test9.8
index f4fc985b7c778bb4f0694ba4952b481f9f60cde8..01f4624e978c81eacc0878cc6232f9b5cca062e8 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test9.8
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test9.8
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #          anything else indicates a failure mode that must be investigated.
 #
 ############################################################################
-# Copyright (C) 2002 The Regents of the University of California.
+# Copyright (C) 2002-2006 The Regents of the University of California.
 # Produced at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (cf, DISCLAIMER).
 # Written by Morris Jette <jette1@llnl.gov>
 # UCRL-CODE-217948.
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ if {$start_cnt < $job_cnt} {
 #
 set user_name ""
 
-exec $bin_sleep [expr $delay + 5]
+exec $bin_sleep [expr $delay + 6]
 spawn $bin_id -un
 expect {
 	-re "($alpha_numeric)" {