diff --git a/src/libstd/rt/uv/timer.rs b/src/libstd/rt/uv/timer.rs
index 5557a580987..cd6fc5c0a25 100644
--- a/src/libstd/rt/uv/timer.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/rt/uv/timer.rs
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ mod test {
             let count_ptr: *mut int = &mut count;
             let mut loop_ = Loop::new();
             let mut timer = TimerWatcher::new(&mut loop_);
-            do timer.start(10, 20) |timer, status| {
+            do timer.start(1, 2) |timer, status| {
                 assert!(status.is_none());
                 unsafe {
                     *count_ptr += 1;
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ mod test {
 
                             // Restart the original timer
                             let mut timer = timer;
-                            do timer.start(10, 0) |timer, _| {
+                            do timer.start(1, 0) |timer, _| {
                                 unsafe { *count_ptr += 1; }
                                 timer.close(||());
                             }