diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/055 b/tests/qemu-iotests/055
index 1d3fd04..388b7b2 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/055
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/055
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ target_img = os.path.join(iotests.test_dir, 'target.img')
blockdev_target_img = os.path.join(iotests.test_dir, 'blockdev-target.img')
image_len = 64 * 1024 * 1024 # MB
+pause_write = '3M'
def setUpModule():
qemu_img('create', '-f', iotests.imgfmt, test_img, str(image_len))
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ def setUpModule():
qemu_io('-f', iotests.imgfmt, '-c', 'write -P0xd5 1M 32k', test_img)
qemu_io('-f', iotests.imgfmt, '-c', 'write -P0xdc 32M 124k', test_img)
qemu_io('-f', iotests.imgfmt, '-c', 'write -P0x33 67043328 64k', test_img)
+ qemu_io('-f', iotests.imgfmt, '-c', 'write -P0xdc 40M ' + pause_write,
test_img)