diff --git a/test/burn/org/apache/cassandra/utils/LongBTreeTest.java b/test/burn/org/apache/cassandra/utils/LongBTreeTest.java
index 5044290f18..c0520157d9 100644
--- a/test/burn/org/apache/cassandra/utils/LongBTreeTest.java
+++ b/test/burn/org/apache/cassandra/utils/LongBTreeTest.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class LongBTreeTest
 {
 
     private static final boolean DEBUG = false;
-    private static int perThreadTrees = 10000;
+    private static int perThreadTrees = 100;
     private static int minTreeSize = 4;
     private static int maxTreeSize = 10000;
     private static int threads = DEBUG ? 1 : Runtime.getRuntime().availableProcessors() * 8;