diff --git a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemotingSpec.scala b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemotingSpec.scala
index 1a732eb704..9425aa879f 100644
--- a/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemotingSpec.scala
+++ b/akka-remote/src/test/scala/akka/remote/RemotingSpec.scala
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ class RemotingSpec extends AkkaSpec(RemotingSpec.cfg) with ImplicitSender with D
       val maxProtocolOverhead = 500 // Make sure we're still under size after the message is serialized, etc
       val big = byteStringOfSize(maxPayloadBytes - maxProtocolOverhead)
       verifySend(big) {
-        expectMsg(1.second, big)
+        expectMsg(3.seconds, big)
       }
     }