diff --git a/testsuites/sptests/ChangeLog b/testsuites/sptests/ChangeLog
index b756ebe5ba..f2cfee9ebe 100644
--- a/testsuites/sptests/ChangeLog
+++ b/testsuites/sptests/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-07-30	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
+
+	* spintrcritical16/init.c: Tinker with test to make it hit the case
+	more reliably.
+
 2009-07-29	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am, configure.ac: Add new test to exercise as many cases as
diff --git a/testsuites/sptests/spintrcritical16/init.c b/testsuites/sptests/spintrcritical16/init.c
index 992f7624e3..1da9087561 100644
--- a/testsuites/sptests/spintrcritical16/init.c
+++ b/testsuites/sptests/spintrcritical16/init.c
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ rtems_timer_service_routine test_release_from_isr(
   if ( getState() == THREAD_BLOCKING_OPERATION_NOTHING_HAPPENED ) {
     case_hit = true;
     (void) rtems_semaphore_release( Semaphore );
-    _Thread_queue_Process_timeout( Main_TCB );
   }
+  _Thread_queue_Process_timeout( Main_TCB );
 }
 
 rtems_task Init(