diff --git a/jsonrpc/throttling_test.go b/jsonrpc/throttling_test.go
index e6b65b2f06..75e4cfef48 100644
--- a/jsonrpc/throttling_test.go
+++ b/jsonrpc/throttling_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package jsonrpc
 import (
 	"context"
 	"sync"
+	"sync/atomic"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -13,26 +14,28 @@ import (
 func TestThrottling(t *testing.T) {
 	t.Parallel()
 
+	const maxRequests = 5
+
+	var requests atomic.Int32
 	var attempts = []struct {
 		duration time.Duration
 		delay    time.Duration
-		isError  bool
 	}{
 		// 1st 5 starts immediately, no error, order of execution is irrelevant
-		{200 * time.Millisecond, 0, false},
-		{1000 * time.Millisecond, 0, false},
-		{1000 * time.Millisecond, 0, false},
-		{1000 * time.Millisecond, 0, false},
-		{1000 * time.Millisecond, 0, false},
+		{200 * time.Millisecond, 0},
+		{1000 * time.Millisecond, 0},
+		{1000 * time.Millisecond, 0},
+		{1000 * time.Millisecond, 0},
+		{1000 * time.Millisecond, 0},
 
 		// 6th & 8th attempt should fail, from now on order of execution is relevant, hence delay > 0
-		{20 * time.Millisecond, 100 * time.Millisecond, true},
-		{200 * time.Millisecond, 300 * time.Millisecond, false},
-		{20 * time.Millisecond, 400 * time.Millisecond, true},
-		{200 * time.Millisecond, 600 * time.Millisecond, false},
+		{20 * time.Millisecond, 100 * time.Millisecond},
+		{200 * time.Millisecond, 300 * time.Millisecond},
+		{20 * time.Millisecond, 400 * time.Millisecond},
+		{200 * time.Millisecond, 600 * time.Millisecond},
 	}
 
-	th := NewThrottling(5, 20*time.Millisecond)
+	th := NewThrottling(maxRequests, 20*time.Millisecond)
 	sfn := func(value int, sleep time.Duration) func() (interface{}, error) {
 		return func() (interface{}, error) {
 			time.Sleep(sleep)
@@ -42,15 +45,21 @@ func TestThrottling(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
-	wg.Add(9)
+	wg.Add(len(attempts))
 
 	for i := 0; i < len(attempts); i++ {
-		go func(value int, duration time.Duration, delay time.Duration, isError bool) {
+		go func(value int, duration time.Duration, delay time.Duration) {
 			defer wg.Done()
 			time.Sleep(delay)
 
+			var isError bool
+			if requests.Add(1) > maxRequests {
+				isError = true
+			}
 			res, err := th.AttemptRequest(context.Background(), sfn(value, duration))
 
+			requests.Add(-1)
+
 			if isError {
 				require.ErrorIs(t, err, errRequestLimitExceeded)
 				assert.Nil(t, res)
@@ -58,7 +67,7 @@ func TestThrottling(t *testing.T) {
 				require.NoError(t, err)
 				assert.Equal(t, value, res.(int))
 			}
-		}(i, attempts[i].duration, attempts[i].delay, attempts[i].isError)
+		}(i, attempts[i].duration, attempts[i].delay)
 	}
 
 	wg.Wait()