diff --git a/jstests/sharding/shard_existing_coll_chunk_count.js b/jstests/sharding/shard_existing_coll_chunk_count.js
index 4490fed460b..4910b5e8964 100644
--- a/jstests/sharding/shard_existing_coll_chunk_count.js
+++ b/jstests/sharding/shard_existing_coll_chunk_count.js
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
         docSize: 510 * 1024,
         stages: [
             {numDocsToInsert: 10, expectedNumChunks: 6},
-            {numDocsToInsert: 10, expectedNumChunks: 12},
+            {numDocsToInsert: 10, expectedNumChunks: 10},
         ],
     });