diff --git a/test/huge-linear.c b/test/huge-linear.c
index 3d49c2e47..f84b4ea0c 100644
--- a/test/huge-linear.c
+++ b/test/huge-linear.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "cairo-test.h"
 
 /* set this to 0.1 to make this test work */
-#define FACTOR 10
+#define FACTOR 1.e6
 
 /* XXX poppler-cairo doesn't handle gradients very well... */
 
diff --git a/test/huge-radial.c b/test/huge-radial.c
index a7b50f382..21524b7a4 100644
--- a/test/huge-radial.c
+++ b/test/huge-radial.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "cairo-test.h"
 
 /* set this to 0.1 to make this test work */
-#define FACTOR 10
+#define FACTOR 1.e6
 
 /* XXX poppler-cairo doesn't handle gradients very well... */