diff --git a/c/src/tests/sptests/sp27/init.c b/c/src/tests/sptests/sp27/init.c
index 867d5c2899..0e2ae5037a 100644
--- a/c/src/tests/sptests/sp27/init.c
+++ b/c/src/tests/sptests/sp27/init.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ starttask (int arg)
   rtems_task_set_priority (RTEMS_SELF, RTEMS_CURRENT_PRIORITY, &priority);
   sc = rtems_task_create (rtems_build_name ('S', 'R', 'V', arg + 'A'),
     priority,
-    10000,
+    RTEMS_MINIMUM_STACK_SIZE,
     RTEMS_PREEMPT|RTEMS_NO_TIMESLICE|RTEMS_NO_ASR|RTEMS_INTERRUPT_LEVEL(0),
     RTEMS_NO_FLOATING_POINT|RTEMS_LOCAL,
     &tid);