diff --git a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestMultiRespectsLimits.java b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestMultiRespectsLimits.java
index b61790608b7..c377714853f 100644
--- a/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestMultiRespectsLimits.java
+++ b/hbase-server/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/hbase/client/TestMultiRespectsLimits.java
@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ public class TestMultiRespectsLimits {
       Bytes.toBytes("5"), // Buffer
     };
 
-    // Set the value size so that one result will be less than the MAX_SIE
+    // Set the value size so that one result will be less than the MAX_SIZE
     // however the block being reference will be larger than MAX_SIZE.
     // This should cause the regionserver to try and send a result immediately.
-    byte[] value = new byte[MAX_SIZE - 100];
+    byte[] value = new byte[1];
     Bytes.random(value);
 
     for (byte[] col : cols) {