diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/247 b/tests/qemu-iotests/247
index 546a794d3d..c853b73819 100755
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/247
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/247
@@ -57,7 +57,11 @@ TEST_IMG="$TEST_IMG.4" _make_test_img $size
 {"execute":"block-commit",
  "arguments":{"device":"format-4", "top-node": "format-2", "base-node":"format-0", "job-id":"job0"}}
 EOF
-sleep 1
+if [ "${VALGRIND_QEMU}" == "y" ]; then
+    sleep 10
+else
+    sleep 1
+fi
 echo '{"execute":"quit"}'
 ) | $QEMU -qmp stdio -nographic -nodefaults \
     -blockdev file,node-name=file-0,filename=$TEST_IMG.0,auto-read-only=on \