1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py b/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py
index 06161f23dd..e6ca96117d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_docxmlrpc.py
@@ -87,10 +87,11 @@ class DocXMLRPCHTTPGETServer(unittest.TestCase):
         threading.Thread(target=server, args=(self.evt, 1)).start()
 
         # wait for port to be assigned
-        n = 1000
-        while n > 0 and PORT is None:
-            time.sleep(0.001)
-            n -= 1
+        deadline = time.monotonic() + 10.0
+        while PORT is None:
+            time.sleep(0.010)
+            if time.monotonic() > deadline:
+                break
 
         self.client = http.client.HTTPConnection("localhost:%d" % PORT)
 
@@ -212,8 +213,5 @@ class DocXMLRPCHTTPGETServer(unittest.TestCase):
             response.read())
 
 
-def test_main():
-    support.run_unittest(DocXMLRPCHTTPGETServer)
-
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    test_main()
+    unittest.main()