diff --git a/tools/fuzz-test.sh b/tools/fuzz-test.sh
index 7b63194a6c..f3edc7d79f 100755
--- a/tools/fuzz-test.sh
+++ b/tools/fuzz-test.sh
@@ -82,10 +82,10 @@ if [ $VALGRIND -eq 1 ]; then
     # (1.5x time is too small for a few large captures in the menagerie)
     MAX_CPU_TIME=$(( 3 * MAX_CPU_TIME ))
     MAX_VMEM=$(( 3 * MAX_VMEM / 2 ))
-    # Valgrind is slow. Trim captures to the first 100k packets so that
+    # Valgrind is slow. Trim captures to the first 10k packets so that
     # we don't time out.
     KEEP=-r
-    PACKET_RANGE=1-100000
+    PACKET_RANGE=1-10000
 else
     # Not using valgrind, use regular tshark.
     # TShark arguments (you won't have to change these)