diff --git a/test/functional/feature_dbcrash.py b/test/functional/feature_dbcrash.py
index 20fe0b42e04..2423d0bcbb7 100755
--- a/test/functional/feature_dbcrash.py
+++ b/test/functional/feature_dbcrash.py
@@ -238,8 +238,10 @@ def run_test(self):
         # Main test loop:
         # each time through the loop, generate a bunch of transactions,
         # and then either mine a single new block on the tip, or some-sized reorg.
-        # ELEMENTS: reduced iters to run in some "reasonable" amount of time (~6 hours)
-        for i in range(6):
+        # ELEMENTS: modified to only run until successfully testing a node crash on restart
+        # with a maximum of 10 iterations
+        i = 0
+        while self.crashed_on_restart < 1:
             self.log.info(f"Iteration {i}, generating 2500 transactions {self.restart_counts}")
             # Generate a bunch of small-ish transactions
             self.generate_small_transactions(self.nodes[3], 2500, utxo_list)
@@ -285,9 +287,14 @@ def run_test(self):
         assert self.crashed_on_restart > 0
 
         # Warn if any of the nodes escaped restart.
-        for i in range(3):
-            if self.restart_counts[i] == 0:
-                self.log.warning(f"Node {i} never crashed during utxo flush!")
+        for j in range(3):
+            if self.restart_counts[j] == 0:
+                self.log.warning(f"Node {j} never crashed during utxo flush!")
+
+        if i >= 9:
+            raise AssertionError(f"10 iterations without node crash, this should not happen")
+        else:
+            i += 1
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":