diff --git a/src/bin/psql/t/001_basic.pl b/src/bin/psql/t/001_basic.pl
index 596746de17..a74d24b63d 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/t/001_basic.pl
+++ b/src/bin/psql/t/001_basic.pl
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ psql_like(
 # Note: the interval value is parsed with locale-aware strtod()
 psql_like(
 	$node,
-	sprintf('SELECT 1 \watch c=3 i=%g', 0.01),
+	sprintf('SELECT 1 \watch c=3 i=%g', 1),
 	qr/1\n1\n1/,
 	'\watch with 3 iterations');