diff --git a/tests/kernel/smp/src/main.c b/tests/kernel/smp/src/main.c
index 809453d3be4..e4d880a49ff 100644
--- a/tests/kernel/smp/src/main.c
+++ b/tests/kernel/smp/src/main.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ void test_main(void)
 	 * thread from which they can exit correctly to run the main
 	 * test.
 	 */
-	k_sleep(K_MSEC(1000));
+	k_sleep(K_MSEC(10));
 
 	ztest_test_suite(smp,
 			 ztest_unit_test(test_smp_coop_threads),