diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/030 b/tests/qemu-iotests/030
index 256b2bfbc6..31c028306b 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/030
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/030
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class TestParallelOps(iotests.QMPTestCase):
             node_name = 'node%d' % i
             job_id = 'stream-%s' % node_name
             pending_jobs.append(job_id)
-            result = self.vm.qmp('block-stream', device=node_name, job_id=job_id, base=self.imgs[i-2], speed=512*1024)
+            result = self.vm.qmp('block-stream', device=node_name, job_id=job_id, base=self.imgs[i-2], speed=1024)
             self.assert_qmp(result, 'return', {})
 
         for job in pending_jobs: