diff --git a/tests/hwsim/test_sae.py b/tests/hwsim/test_sae.py
index 7e9120c35..da90608d6 100644
--- a/tests/hwsim/test_sae.py
+++ b/tests/hwsim/test_sae.py
@@ -1396,7 +1396,7 @@ def test_sae_bignum_failure(dev, apdev):
             hapd.request("NOTE STA failure testing %d:%s" % (count, func))
             dev[0].connect("test-sae", psk="12345678", key_mgmt="SAE",
                            scan_freq="2412", wait_connect=False)
-            wait_fail_trigger(dev[0], "GET_FAIL")
+            wait_fail_trigger(dev[0], "GET_FAIL", timeout=0.1)
             dev[0].request("REMOVE_NETWORK all")
             dev[0].dump_monitor()
             hapd.dump_monitor()
@@ -1426,7 +1426,7 @@ def test_sae_bignum_failure(dev, apdev):
             hapd.request("NOTE STA failure testing %d:%s" % (count, func))
             dev[0].connect("test-sae", psk="12345678", key_mgmt="SAE",
                            scan_freq="2412", wait_connect=False)
-            wait_fail_trigger(dev[0], "GET_FAIL")
+            wait_fail_trigger(dev[0], "GET_FAIL", timeout=0.1)
             dev[0].request("REMOVE_NETWORK all")
             dev[0].dump_monitor()
             hapd.dump_monitor()
diff --git a/tests/hwsim/utils.py b/tests/hwsim/utils.py
index 26620a6ca..b3a883131 100644
--- a/tests/hwsim/utils.py
+++ b/tests/hwsim/utils.py
@@ -58,13 +58,14 @@ class fail_test(object):
             if self._dev.request("GET_FAIL") != "0:%s" % self._funcs:
                 raise Exception("Test failure did not trigger")
 
-def wait_fail_trigger(dev, cmd, note="Failure not triggered", max_iter=40):
+def wait_fail_trigger(dev, cmd, note="Failure not triggered", max_iter=40,
+		      timeout=0.05):
     for i in range(0, max_iter):
         if dev.request(cmd).startswith("0:"):
             break
         if i == max_iter - 1:
             raise Exception(note)
-        time.sleep(0.05)
+        time.sleep(timeout)
 
 def require_under_vm():
     with open('/proc/1/cmdline', 'r') as f: