1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/absl/synchronization/notification_test.cc b/absl/synchronization/notification_test.cc
index 9b3b6a5a9e84..d8708d551a15 100644
--- a/absl/synchronization/notification_test.cc
+++ b/absl/synchronization/notification_test.cc
@@ -71,10 +71,13 @@ static void BasicTests(bool notify_before_waiting, Notification* notification) {
       notification->WaitForNotificationWithTimeout(absl::Milliseconds(0)));
   EXPECT_FALSE(notification->WaitForNotificationWithDeadline(absl::Now()));
 
+  const absl::Duration delay = absl::Milliseconds(50);
+  // Allow for a slight early return, to account for quality of implementation
+  // issues on various platforms.
+  const absl::Duration slop = absl::Microseconds(200);
   absl::Time start = absl::Now();
-  EXPECT_FALSE(
-      notification->WaitForNotificationWithTimeout(absl::Milliseconds(50)));
-  EXPECT_LE(start + absl::Milliseconds(50), absl::Now());
+  EXPECT_FALSE(notification->WaitForNotificationWithTimeout(delay));
+  EXPECT_LE(start + delay, absl::Now() + slop);
 
   ThreadSafeCounter ready_counter;
   ThreadSafeCounter done_counter;