diff --git a/test/abort/test-abort-fatal-error.js b/test/abort/test-abort-fatal-error.js
index 176a16c9eac8de..d437bc90b88506 100644
--- a/test/abort/test-abort-fatal-error.js
+++ b/test/abort/test-abort-fatal-error.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ const assert = require('assert');
 const exec = require('child_process').exec;
 
 let cmdline = `ulimit -c 0; ${process.execPath}`;
-cmdline += ' --max-old-space-size=4 --max-semi-space-size=1';
+cmdline += ' --max-old-space-size=16 --max-semi-space-size=4';
 cmdline += ' -e "a = []; for (i = 0; i < 1e9; i++) { a.push({}) }"';
 
 exec(cmdline, function(err, stdout, stderr) {