diff --git a/tests/xfs/104 b/tests/xfs/104
index d31cf164..e899acac 100755
--- a/tests/xfs/104
+++ b/tests/xfs/104
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ nags=4
 size=`expr 120 \* 1048576`	# 120 megabytes initially
 sizeb=`expr $size / $dbsize`	# in data blocks
 echo "*** creating scratch filesystem"
-_create_scratch -dsize=${size} -dagcount=${nags}
+_create_scratch -lsize=5m -dsize=${size} -dagcount=${nags}
 
 fillsize=`expr 110 \* 1048576`	# 110 megabytes of filling
 echo "*** using some initial space on scratch filesystem"