diff --git a/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py b/Lib/test/test_asyncore.py
@@ -781,8 +781,9 @@ def test_quick_connect(self):
            self.skipTest("test specific to AF_INET and AF_INET6")

        server = BaseServer(self.family, self.addr)
        t = threading.Thread(target=lambda: asyncore.loop(timeout=0.1,
-                                                          count=500))
        t.start()
        try:
            with socket.socket(self.family, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s: