diff --git a/spellchecker/testSrc/com/intellij/spellchecker/inspection/SpellcheckerPerformanceTest.java b/spellchecker/testSrc/com/intellij/spellchecker/inspection/SpellcheckerPerformanceTest.java
index 1f24d6642da9..6a708905283f 100644
--- a/spellchecker/testSrc/com/intellij/spellchecker/inspection/SpellcheckerPerformanceTest.java
+++ b/spellchecker/testSrc/com/intellij/spellchecker/inspection/SpellcheckerPerformanceTest.java
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ public class SpellcheckerPerformanceTest extends SpellcheckerInspectionTestCase
   }
 
   public void testLargeTextFileWithManyTypos() {
-    final int typoCount = 50000;
+    final int typoCount = 40000;
     @SuppressWarnings("SpellCheckingInspection") String text = StringUtil.repeat("aaaaaaaaa ", typoCount);  // about 0.5M
 
     long start = System.currentTimeMillis();