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diff --git a/Lib/test/test_signal.py b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
index 4368375..df0828d 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_signal.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_signal.py
@@ -361,6 +361,8 @@ class ItimerTest(unittest.TestCase):
signal.setitimer(self.itimer, 0.3, 0.2)
for i in xrange(100000000):
+ # use up some virtual time by doing real work
+ _ = pow(12345, 67890, 10000019)
if signal.getitimer(self.itimer) == (0.0, 0.0):
break # sig_vtalrm handler stopped this itimer