diff --git a/expat/tests/runtests.c b/expat/tests/runtests.c
index 54ef10bd..3ec087ad 100644
--- a/expat/tests/runtests.c
+++ b/expat/tests/runtests.c
@@ -8979,22 +8979,9 @@ START_TEST(test_alloc_attribute_enum_value)
         "<!ELEMENT a EMPTY>\n"
         "<!ATTLIST animal xml:space (default|preserve) 'preserve'>";
     int i;
-#define MAX_ALLOC_COUNT 20
-    int repeat = 0;
+#define MAX_ALLOC_COUNT 30
 
     for (i = 0; i < MAX_ALLOC_COUNT; i++) {
-        /* Repeat some counts to allow for cached allocations */
-        if (i == 13 && repeat == 5) {
-            i -= 2;
-            repeat++;
-        }
-        else if ((i == 2 && repeat < 2) ||
-                 (i == 3 && repeat == 2) ||
-                 (i == 8 && repeat == 3) ||
-                 (i == 9 && repeat == 4)) {
-            i--;
-            repeat++;
-        }
         allocation_count = i;
         XML_SetExternalEntityRefHandler(parser, external_entity_alloc);
         XML_SetUserData(parser, dtd_text);
@@ -9004,7 +8991,9 @@ START_TEST(test_alloc_attribute_enum_value)
         if (_XML_Parse_SINGLE_BYTES(parser, text, strlen(text),
                                     XML_TRUE) != XML_STATUS_ERROR)
             break;
-        XML_ParserReset(parser, NULL);
+        /* See comment in test_alloc_parse_xdecl() */
+        alloc_teardown();
+        alloc_setup();
     }
     if (i == 0)
         fail("Parse succeeded despite failing allocator");