diff --git a/test/v1/exit_code.cpp b/test/v1/exit_code.cpp
index 2eb8d8dc5..8335033d0 100644
--- a/test/v1/exit_code.cpp
+++ b/test/v1/exit_code.cpp
@@ -148,12 +148,17 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(async_nowait, *boost::unit_test::timeout(10))
     boost::asio::io_context io_context;
     bp::child c(
             master_test_suite().argv[1],
-            "test", "--exit-code", "221",
+            "test", "--exit-code", "121",
             ec,
             bp::on_exit=[](int exit_code, std::error_code) mutable {},
             io_context
     );
     BOOST_REQUIRE(!ec);
-    io_context.run_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(100));
-    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(221, c.exit_code());
+    while (c.running())
+    {
+      io_context.run_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(10));
+      io_context.restart();
+    }
+
+    BOOST_CHECK_EQUAL(121, c.exit_code());
 }
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