diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-63.sh b/test/units/testsuite-63.sh
index 591e6d3104..59a7b3208f 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-63.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-63.sh
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ systemctl start test63.path
 touch /tmp/test63
 
 # Make sure systemd has sufficient time to hit the trigger limit for test63.path.
-sleep 2
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+timeout 30 bash -c 'while ! test "$(systemctl show test63.path -P ActiveState)" = failed; do sleep .2; done'
 test "$(systemctl show test63.service -P ActiveState)" = inactive
 test "$(systemctl show test63.service -P Result)" = success
-test "$(systemctl show test63.path -P ActiveState)" = failed
 test "$(systemctl show test63.path -P Result)" = trigger-limit-hit
 
 # Test that starting the service manually doesn't affect the path unit.