diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-11.sh b/test/units/testsuite-11.sh
index 97ab8be757..d05f609877 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-11.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-11.sh
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ set -o pipefail
 
 systemctl --no-block start fail-on-restart.service
 active_state=$(systemctl show --value --property ActiveState fail-on-restart.service)
-while [[ "$active_state" == "activating" || "$active_state" == "active" ]]; do
-    sleep 1
+while [[ "$active_state" == "activating" || "$active_state" =~ ^(in)?active$ ]]; do
+    sleep .5
     active_state=$(systemctl show --value --property ActiveState fail-on-restart.service)
 done
 systemctl is-failed fail-on-restart.service || exit 1
+[[ "$(systemctl show --value --property NRestarts fail-on-restart.service)" -le 3 ]] || exit 1
 touch /testok