diff --git a/tests/auto/utils/process/processtestapp/processtestapp.cpp b/tests/auto/utils/process/processtestapp/processtestapp.cpp
index 77f36a362ec..d85288514ea 100644
--- a/tests/auto/utils/process/processtestapp/processtestapp.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/utils/process/processtestapp/processtestapp.cpp
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ int ProcessTestApp::RecursiveBlockingProcess::main()
         std::cout << s_leafProcessStarted << std::flush;
         while (true) {
             // TODO: make it configurable so that we could test the reaper timeout
-            QThread::msleep(100);
+            QThread::msleep(10);
 #ifndef Q_OS_WIN
             if (s_terminate.load()) {
                 std::cout << s_leafProcessTerminated << std::flush;
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ int ProcessTestApp::RecursiveBlockingProcess::main()
     process.setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::ForwardedChannels);
     process.start();
     while (true) {
-        if (process.waitForFinished(1000))
+        if (process.waitForFinished(10))
             return 0;
 #ifndef Q_OS_WIN
         if (s_terminate.load()) {
diff --git a/tests/auto/utils/process/tst_process.cpp b/tests/auto/utils/process/tst_process.cpp
index 52e4658778f..334c9754ba4 100644
--- a/tests/auto/utils/process/tst_process.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/utils/process/tst_process.cpp
@@ -1370,14 +1370,17 @@ void tst_Process::recursiveBlockingProcess()
         subConfig.setupSubProcess(&process);
         process.start();
         QVERIFY(process.waitForStarted(1000));
-        QVERIFY(process.waitForReadyRead(1000));
+        // The readyRead() is generated from the innermost nested process, so it means
+        // we need to give enough time for all nested processes to start their
+        // process launchers successfully.
+        QVERIFY(process.waitForReadyRead(2000));
         QCOMPARE(process.readAllRawStandardOutput(), s_leafProcessStarted);
         QCOMPARE(runningTestProcessCount(), recursionDepth);
-        QVERIFY(!process.waitForFinished(1000));
+        QVERIFY(!process.waitForFinished(10));
         process.terminate();
-        QVERIFY(process.waitForReadyRead());
+        QVERIFY(process.waitForReadyRead(1000));
         QCOMPARE(process.readAllRawStandardOutput(), s_leafProcessTerminated);
-        QVERIFY(process.waitForFinished());
+        QVERIFY(process.waitForFinished(1000));
         QCOMPARE(process.exitStatus(), QProcess::NormalExit);
         QCOMPARE(process.exitCode(), s_crashCode);
     }