diff --git a/tests/misc/recursive_iternext.py b/tests/misc/recursive_iternext.py
index 2723d3c10c..11c49d1f8c 100644
--- a/tests/misc/recursive_iternext.py
+++ b/tests/misc/recursive_iternext.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 try:
     [0] * 10000
-    N = 1000
+    N = 2000
 except:
     N = 100