diff --git a/test/initial_values.jl b/test/initial_values.jl
index 9d3829e5aa..f429777866 100644
--- a/test/initial_values.jl
+++ b/test/initial_values.jl
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ end
     catch
     end
     @test_throws ModelingToolkit.UnexpectedSymbolicValueInVarmap ODEProblem(
-        sys, [x => 2y + 1, y => 2x], (0.0, 1.0); build_initializeprob = false)
+        sys, [x => 2y + 1, y => 2x], (0.0, 1.0); build_initializeprob = false,
+        substitution_limit = 10)
 
     @parameters p q
     @mtkcompile sys = System(