diff --git a/std/encoding/json/encode_test.jule b/std/encoding/json/encode_test.jule
index 2c8dccc87..d8d1ffc76 100644
--- a/std/encoding/json/encode_test.jule
+++ b/std/encoding/json/encode_test.jule
@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ fn init() {
     // Build pseudo big JSON.
     bigHead = &encodeTree{}
     mut it := bigHead
-    mut i := 0
-    for i < 3850; i++ {
+    mut i := 1
+    for i < maxNestingDepth; i++ {
         it.Str1 = "FooBarBaz"
         it.Str2 = "BazBarFoo"
         it.Num1 = 22