diff --git a/test/jenkins/criu-lazy-pages.sh b/test/jenkins/criu-lazy-pages.sh
index ffcc88609..f32641e23 100755
--- a/test/jenkins/criu-lazy-pages.sh
+++ b/test/jenkins/criu-lazy-pages.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ fi
 	       --lazy-pages $LAZY_EXCLUDE || fail
 
 # lazy restore from "remote" dump
-./test/zdtm.py run --all --keep-going --report report --parallel 4 \
+./test/zdtm.py run --all --keep-going --report report --parallel 2 \
 	       --remote-lazy-pages $LAZY_EXCLUDE || fail
 
 # During pre-dump + lazy-pages we leave VM_NOHUGEPAGE set