diff --git a/Lib/test/test_time.py b/Lib/test/test_time.py
index ede85b74b48..1597ac1ace5 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_time.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_time.py
@@ -331,13 +331,13 @@ def test_mktime_error(self):
             pass
         self.assertEqual(time.strftime('%Z', tt), tzname)
 
-
     def test_wallclock(self):
         t0 = time.wallclock()
         time.sleep(0.1)
         t1 = time.wallclock()
         t = t1 - t0
-        self.assertAlmostEqual(t, 0.1, places=2)
+        self.assertAlmostEqual(t, 0.1, delta=0.2)
+
 
 class TestLocale(unittest.TestCase):
     def setUp(self):