diff --git a/kernel/rcutorture.c b/kernel/rcutorture.c
index b33db53..328a825 100644
--- a/kernel/rcutorture.c
+++ b/kernel/rcutorture.c
@@ -281,14 +281,17 @@
 
 static void rcu_read_delay(struct rcu_random_state *rrsp)
 {
-	long delay;
-	const long longdelay = 200;
+	const unsigned long shortdelay_us = 200;
+	const unsigned long longdelay_ms = 50;
 
-	/* We want there to be long-running readers, but not all the time. */
+	/* We want a short delay sometimes to make a reader delay the grace
+	 * period, and we want a long delay occasionally to trigger
+	 * force_quiescent_state. */
 
-	delay = rcu_random(rrsp) % (nrealreaders * 2 * longdelay);
-	if (!delay)
-		udelay(longdelay);
+	if (!(rcu_random(rrsp) % (nrealreaders * 2000 * longdelay_ms)))
+		mdelay(longdelay_ms);
+	if (!(rcu_random(rrsp) % (nrealreaders * 2 * shortdelay_us)))
+		udelay(shortdelay_us);
 }
 
 static void rcu_torture_read_unlock(int idx) __releases(RCU)