diff --git a/src/tesend.F90 b/src/tesend.F90
index 91d438caa9dac549a9f26c81f0ce3b6e8d19b735..6bbd7359f99509207006d8b73a0bd64342ac0083 100644
--- a/src/tesend.F90
+++ b/src/tesend.F90
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ SUBROUTINE tesend
   !________________________________________________________________________________
   !                   4.  Test on rune time
   CALL cpu_time(finish)
-  nlend = (finish-start) .GT. maxruntime
+  nlend = 1.1*(finish-start) .GT. maxruntime
   IF ( nlend ) THEN
      IF (my_id .EQ. 0) WRITE(*,'(/a)') 'Max run time reached'
      RETURN