diff --git a/tests/invert_test.cpp b/tests/invert_test.cpp
index 4a1f9e3216..962af569cf 100644
--- a/tests/invert_test.cpp
+++ b/tests/invert_test.cpp
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
   }
 
   if (dslash_type == QUDA_CLOVER_WILSON_DSLASH) {
-    double norm = 0.0; // clover components are random numbers in the range (-norm, norm)
+    double norm = 0.2; // clover components are random numbers in the range (-norm, norm)
     double diag = 1.0; // constant added to the diagonal
 
     size_t cSize = (inv_param.clover_cpu_prec == QUDA_DOUBLE_PRECISION) ? sizeof(double) : sizeof(float);