diff --git a/tests/imds.test b/tests/imds.test
index a8388a3..09b2839 100755
--- a/tests/imds.test
+++ b/tests/imds.test
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ imds_endpoint_route_skip_body() {
 		#!/bin/sh
 		[ "$3" = 169.254.169.254 ]
 	EOF
-	IMDS_API_VERSION=2009-04-04 \
+	IMDS_API_VERSION=2009-04-04 IMDS_ENDPOINT_WAIT_ATTEMPTS=1 \
 		IMDS_ENDPOINTS="192.0.2.1 169.254.169.254" CLOUD=aws atf_check \
 		-o match:"myhostname" \
 		imds @hostname