diff --git a/ceilometer/tests/unit/storage/test_get_connection.py b/ceilometer/tests/unit/storage/test_get_connection.py
index c47b83ac..6a7785a7 100644
--- a/ceilometer/tests/unit/storage/test_get_connection.py
+++ b/ceilometer/tests/unit/storage/test_get_connection.py
@@ -54,15 +54,17 @@ class ConnectionRetryTest(base.BaseTestCase):
         self.CONF = self.useFixture(fixture_config.Config()).conf
 
     def test_retries(self):
-        with mock.patch.object(retrying.time, 'sleep') as retry_sleep:
+        with mock.patch.object(
+                retrying.Retrying, 'should_reject') as retry_reject:
             try:
                 self.CONF.set_override("connection", "no-such-engine://",
                                        group="database")
+                self.CONF.set_override("retry_interval", 0.00001,
+                                       group="database")
                 storage.get_connection_from_config(self.CONF)
             except RuntimeError as err:
                 self.assertIn('no-such-engine', six.text_type(err))
-                self.assertEqual(9, retry_sleep.call_count)
-                retry_sleep.assert_called_with(10.0)
+                self.assertEqual(10, retry_reject.call_count)
 
 
 class ConnectionConfigTest(base.BaseTestCase):