diff --git a/qa/suites/rbd/mirror-thrash/workloads/rbd-mirror-fsx-workunit.yaml b/qa/suites/rbd/mirror-thrash/workloads/rbd-mirror-fsx-workunit.yaml
index 6b7dd40ceb5..2c6793fb942 100644
--- a/qa/suites/rbd/mirror-thrash/workloads/rbd-mirror-fsx-workunit.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/rbd/mirror-thrash/workloads/rbd-mirror-fsx-workunit.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ tasks:
       - cluster1.client.mirror.3
       - cluster1.client.mirror.4
       - cluster1.client.mirror.5
-    ops: 20000
+    ops: 6000
     keep_images: true
     pool_name: mirror
 - workunit: