diff --git a/metrics/sample_test.go b/metrics/sample_test.go
index 92806c65b2..87f085c704 100644
--- a/metrics/sample_test.go
+++ b/metrics/sample_test.go
@@ -125,12 +125,12 @@ func TestExpDecaySample(t *testing.T) {
 // The priority becomes +Inf quickly after starting if this is done,
 // effectively freezing the set of samples until a rescale step happens.
 func TestExpDecaySampleNanosecondRegression(t *testing.T) {
-	sw := NewExpDecaySample(100, 0.99)
-	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+	sw := NewExpDecaySample(1000, 0.99)
+	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
 		sw.Update(10)
 	}
 	time.Sleep(1 * time.Millisecond)
-	for i := 0; i < 100; i++ {
+	for i := 0; i < 1000; i++ {
 		sw.Update(20)
 	}
 	s := sw.Snapshot()