diff --git a/lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestDeletionPolicy.java b/lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestDeletionPolicy.java
index 7aef3a40fa5..acca7e51283 100644
--- a/lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestDeletionPolicy.java
+++ b/lucene/src/test/org/apache/lucene/index/TestDeletionPolicy.java
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ public class TestDeletionPolicy extends LuceneTestCase {
     IndexWriter writer = new IndexWriter(dir, conf);
     writer.close();
 
-    final int ITER = 8;
+    final int ITER = 9;
 
     long lastDeleteTime = 0;
     for(int i=0;i<ITER;i++) {