diff --git a/newrelic-agent/src/test/java/com/newrelic/agent/threads/ThreadStateSamplerTest.java b/newrelic-agent/src/test/java/com/newrelic/agent/threads/ThreadStateSamplerTest.java
index 22f7da70cd..0c5d113437 100644
--- a/newrelic-agent/src/test/java/com/newrelic/agent/threads/ThreadStateSamplerTest.java
+++ b/newrelic-agent/src/test/java/com/newrelic/agent/threads/ThreadStateSamplerTest.java
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ public void testCpuTimeMetrics() {
                 cpuCalculationTimeSeconds >= totalTimeSeconds);
         assertTrue("UserTime: " + userTimeSeconds + ", SystemTime: " + systemTimeSeconds,
                 userTimeSeconds > systemTimeSeconds);
+        // This test is prone to flickering due to high load scenarios and rounding errors, hence the modifier added to totalTimeSeconds
         assertTrue("TotalTime: " + totalTimeSeconds + ", SystemTime: " + systemTimeSeconds + ", UserTime: " + userTimeSeconds,
-                totalTimeSeconds + 0.2 >= systemTimeSeconds + userTimeSeconds); // account for rounding error
+                totalTimeSeconds + 4.0 >= systemTimeSeconds + userTimeSeconds); // account for rounding error
 
         // Since we can't guarantee the exact total time, it should be
         // between 1 and 5 (since we had a busywork loop for ~5000ms)