diff --git a/testsuite/expect/test17.6 b/testsuite/expect/test17.6
index c258c14129ba0bfd91b30f61c8777bdff8e50eda..2c884930d1651f9c4b02eb055b1990e496d57662 100755
--- a/testsuite/expect/test17.6
+++ b/testsuite/expect/test17.6
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ set test_id     "17.6"
 set exit_code   0
 set file_in     "test$test_id.input"
 set file_out    "test$test_id.output"
-set task_cnt    10
+set task_cnt    2
 set tasks       0
 
 print_header $test_id