diff --git a/src/data_race.rs b/src/data_race.rs
index 31a167af889..dd0dccd0e95 100644
--- a/src/data_race.rs
+++ b/src/data_race.rs
@@ -567,10 +567,10 @@ pub trait EvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx: 'mir>: MiriEvalContextExt<'mir, 'tcx> {
         let old = this.allow_data_races_mut(|this| this.read_immediate(place.into()))?;
         // `binary_op` will bail if either of them is not a scalar.
         let eq = this.overflowing_binary_op(mir::BinOp::Eq, old, expect_old)?.0;
-        // If the operation would succeed, but is "weak", fail 50% of the time.
+        // If the operation would succeed, but is "weak", fail 80% of the time.
         // FIXME: this is quite arbitrary.
         let cmpxchg_success = eq.to_bool()?
-            && (!can_fail_spuriously || this.memory.extra.rng.borrow_mut().gen_range(0, 2) == 0);
+            && (!can_fail_spuriously || this.memory.extra.rng.borrow_mut().gen_range(0, 10) < 8);
         let res = Immediate::ScalarPair(
             old.to_scalar_or_uninit(),
             Scalar::from_bool(cmpxchg_success).into(),
diff --git a/tests/run-pass/atomic.rs b/tests/run-pass/atomic.rs
index 66d25ca01ea..4f27c2bd54d 100644
--- a/tests/run-pass/atomic.rs
+++ b/tests/run-pass/atomic.rs
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ fn atomic_fences() {
 
 fn weak_sometimes_fails() {
     let atomic = AtomicBool::new(false);
-    let tries = 20;
+    let tries = 100;
     for _ in 0..tries {
         let cur = atomic.load(Relaxed);
         // Try (weakly) to flip the flag.