diff --git a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/store/TestRateLimiter.java b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/store/TestRateLimiter.java
index ca44bf04f77..50db1cde2d8 100644
--- a/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/store/TestRateLimiter.java
+++ b/lucene/core/src/test/org/apache/lucene/store/TestRateLimiter.java
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public final class TestRateLimiter extends LuceneTestCase {
     double ratio = actualMBPerSec/targetMBPerSec;
 
     // Only enforce that it wasn't too fast; if machine is bogged down (can't schedule threads / sleep properly) then it may falsely be too slow:
-    //assertTrue("targetMBPerSec=" + targetMBPerSec + " actualMBPerSec=" + actualMBPerSec, ratio >= 0.9 && ratio <= 1.1);
+    assumeTrue("actualMBPerSec=" + actualMBPerSec + " targetMBPerSec=" + targetMBPerSec, 0.9 <= ratio);
     assertTrue("targetMBPerSec=" + targetMBPerSec + " actualMBPerSec=" + actualMBPerSec, ratio <= 1.1);
   }
 }