diff --git a/src/report/report-gnome/test/test-load-module b/src/report/report-gnome/test/test-load-module
index 4415f134d2..a10503463f 100755
--- a/src/report/report-gnome/test/test-load-module
+++ b/src/report/report-gnome/test/test-load-module
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ exec guile -s "$0"
 (debug-enable 'debug)
 (debug-enable 'backtrace)
 
-(debug-set! stack 5000000)
+(debug-set! stack 500000)
 (debug-set! maxdepth 10000)
 
 (display "  testing report module load ... ")
diff --git a/src/report/report-system/test/test-load-module b/src/report/report-system/test/test-load-module
index 710ee71005..290560fc8b 100755
--- a/src/report/report-system/test/test-load-module
+++ b/src/report/report-system/test/test-load-module
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ exec guile -s "$0"
 (debug-enable 'debug)
 (debug-enable 'backtrace)
 
-(debug-set! stack 5000000)
+(debug-set! stack 500000)
 (debug-set! maxdepth 10000)
 
 (display "  testing report module load ... ")