diff --git a/tests/ftp.pm b/tests/ftp.pm
index e1d7552d2b8a7f290c58e5a684efce0307f1e388..6218bb482e35462b2ade88356b3c3c93d38ee90c 100644
--- a/tests/ftp.pm
+++ b/tests/ftp.pm
@@ -120,8 +120,8 @@ sub killpid {
 
     # Allow all signalled processes five seconds to gracefully die.
     if(defined(@signalled)) {
-        my $eighths = 40;
-        while($eighths--) {
+        my $twentieths = 5 * 20;
+        while($twentieths--) {
             for(my $i = scalar(@signalled) - 1; $i >= 0; $i--) {
                 my $pid = $signalled[$i];
                 if(!kill(0, $pid)) {
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ sub killpid {
                 }
             }
             last if(not scalar(@signalled));
-            select(undef, undef, undef, 0.125);
+            select(undef, undef, undef, 0.05);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/runtests.pl b/tests/runtests.pl
index 39a5531abe689cce782cbb0fbb9d0682ad3021d8..44697fa7381e2d30d908339a4cbe7402c39ce14d 100755
--- a/tests/runtests.pl
+++ b/tests/runtests.pl
@@ -2251,9 +2251,9 @@ sub singletest {
     # of time until the server removes it, or the given time expires.
 
     if($serverlogslocktimeout) {
-        my $lockretry = $serverlogslocktimeout * 8;
+        my $lockretry = $serverlogslocktimeout * 20;
         while((-f $SERVERLOGS_LOCK) && $lockretry--) {
-            select(undef, undef, undef, 0.125);
+            select(undef, undef, undef, 0.05);
         }
         if(($lockretry < 0) &&
            ($serverlogslocktimeout >= $defserverlogslocktimeout)) {
@@ -3421,7 +3421,7 @@ if($timestats) {
         logmsg "$txt\n";
     }
 
-    $counter = 25;
+    $counter = 10;
     logmsg "\nTest definition reading and preparation time per test ".
         sprintf("(%s)...\n\n", (not $fullstats)?"top $counter":"full");
     logmsg "-time-  test\n";
@@ -3441,7 +3441,7 @@ if($timestats) {
         logmsg "$txt\n";
     }
 
-    $counter = 25;
+    $counter = 15;
     logmsg "\nTest server logs lock removal time per test ".
         sprintf("(%s)...\n\n", (not $fullstats)?"top $counter":"full");
     logmsg "-time-  test\n";
@@ -3451,7 +3451,7 @@ if($timestats) {
         logmsg "$txt\n";
     }
 
-    $counter = 25;
+    $counter = 10;
     logmsg "\nTest results verification time per test ".
         sprintf("(%s)...\n\n", (not $fullstats)?"top $counter":"full");
     logmsg "-time-  test\n";
@@ -3462,7 +3462,7 @@ if($timestats) {
     }
 
     $counter = 50;
-    logmsg "\nAggregated time per test ".
+    logmsg "\nTotal time per test ".
         sprintf("(%s)...\n\n", (not $fullstats)?"top $counter":"full");
     logmsg "-time-  test\n";
     logmsg "------  ----\n";