diff --git a/tests/app/aws/test_s3.py b/tests/app/aws/test_s3.py
index 4e443e6f9..b5fe7348d 100644
--- a/tests/app/aws/test_s3.py
+++ b/tests/app/aws/test_s3.py
@@ -279,12 +279,12 @@ def test_get_job_from_s3_exponential_backoff_on_throttling(mocker):
 def test_get_job_from_s3_exponential_backoff_on_no_such_key(mocker):
     # We try multiple times to retrieve the job, and if we can't we return None
     mock_get_object = mocker.patch(
-        "app.aws.s3.get_s3_object", side_effect=mock_s3_get_object_slowdown
+        "app.aws.s3.get_s3_object", side_effect=mock_s3_get_object_no_such_key
     )
     mocker.patch("app.aws.s3.file_exists", return_value=True)
     job = get_job_from_s3("service_id", "job_id")
     assert job is None
-    assert mock_get_object.call_count == 8
+    assert mock_get_object.call_count == 2
 
 
 def test_get_job_from_s3_exponential_backoff_on_random_exception(mocker):