diff --git a/benchtests/bench-libmvec-skeleton.c b/benchtests/bench-libmvec-skeleton.c
index d75519cb79..fa328ac932 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-libmvec-skeleton.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-libmvec-skeleton.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include <bench-libmvec-arch.h>
 
 #include <bench-util.c>
-#define D_ITERS 10000
+#define D_ITERS 200000
 
 int
 main (int argc, char **argv)
diff --git a/benchtests/bench-skeleton.c b/benchtests/bench-skeleton.c
index 83060c9cfa..60add3f3f3 100644
--- a/benchtests/bench-skeleton.c
+++ b/benchtests/bench-skeleton.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
 
   memset (&runtime, 0, sizeof (runtime));
 
-  unsigned long iters = 1000;
+  unsigned long iters = 2000;
 
 #ifdef BENCH_INIT
   BENCH_INIT ();