--- test/malloc.test
+++ test/malloc.test
@@ -718,7 +718,7 @@
 #
 do_malloc_test 31 -sqlprep {
   PRAGMA journal_mode = persist;
-  PRAGMA journal_size_limit = 1024;
+  PRAGMA journal_size_limit = 8192;
   CREATE TABLE t1(a PRIMARY KEY, b);
 } -sqlbody {
   INSERT INTO t1 VALUES(1, 2);