diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/startup/StartupOutput.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/startup/StartupOutput.java
index 14897f7ab87..bb08a2c0a2d 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/startup/StartupOutput.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/compiler/startup/StartupOutput.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public class StartupOutput {
         // On s390x, generated code is ~6x larger in fastdebug and ~1.4x in release builds vs. other archs,
         // hence we require slightly more minimum space.
         int minInitialSize = 800 + (Platform.isS390x() ? 800 : 0);
-        for (int i = 0; i < 200; i++) {
+        for (int i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
             int initialCodeCacheSizeInKb = minInitialSize + rand.nextInt(400);
             int reservedCodeCacheSizeInKb = initialCodeCacheSizeInKb + rand.nextInt(200);
             pb = ProcessTools.createLimitedTestJavaProcessBuilder("-XX:InitialCodeCacheSize=" + initialCodeCacheSizeInKb + "K", "-XX:ReservedCodeCacheSize=" + reservedCodeCacheSizeInKb + "k", "-version");