diff --git a/test/core/resource_quota/memory_quota_stress_test.cc b/test/core/resource_quota/memory_quota_stress_test.cc
index 360781a8575..2b8dd1767dd 100644
--- a/test/core/resource_quota/memory_quota_stress_test.cc
+++ b/test/core/resource_quota/memory_quota_stress_test.cc
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ TEST(MemoryQuotaStressTest, MainTest) {
         "platform independent, we simply skip this test in 32-bit builds.");
     GTEST_SKIP();
   }
-  grpc_core::StressTest(16, 64).Run(8);
+  grpc_core::StressTest(16, 20).Run(8);
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv) {