diff --git a/testsuites/validation/tc-cpuuse.c b/testsuites/validation/tc-cpuuse.c
index f554a0b4e1..bc22262442 100644
--- a/testsuites/validation/tc-cpuuse.c
+++ b/testsuites/validation/tc-cpuuse.c
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
 
 #include <rtems/test.h>
 
+#define CPUUSE_SOFT_TICKS 4295
+
 /**
  * @defgroup RtemsCpuuseValCpuuse spec:/rtems/cpuuse/val/cpuuse
  *
@@ -140,10 +142,10 @@ static void RtemsCpuuseValCpuuse_Action_0( void )
    * Our CPU usage after the last reset is now exactly one tick of the
    * software timecounter.
    */
-  T_eq_i64( _Thread_Get_CPU_time_used_after_last_reset( self ), 4295 );
+  T_eq_i64( _Thread_Get_CPU_time_used_after_last_reset( self ), CPUUSE_SOFT_TICKS );
   T_eq_i64(
     _Thread_Get_CPU_time_used( self ),
-    cpu_usage_self + 12885 + 4295 * idle_tasks
+    cpu_usage_self + (3*CPUUSE_SOFT_TICKS) + (CPUUSE_SOFT_TICKS * idle_tasks)
   );
 
   T_eq_i64( _Thread_Get_CPU_time_used_after_last_reset( other ), 0 );