diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TCPSocketReplicationIntValueTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TCPSocketReplicationIntValueTest.java
index a5eb45618..4905ff033 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TCPSocketReplicationIntValueTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TCPSocketReplicationIntValueTest.java
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@ public class TCPSocketReplicationIntValueTest {
         assertEquals(map1, map2);
     }
 
-    @Ignore("HCOLL-244 TCP Replication fails under heavy load")
     @Test(timeout = 12000)
     public void testSoakTestWithRandomData() throws IOException, InterruptedException {
         final long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TCPSocketReplicationTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TCPSocketReplicationTest.java
index a3721e80e..591756425 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TCPSocketReplicationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/TCPSocketReplicationTest.java
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class TCPSocketReplicationTest {
         ChronicleMapBuilder<Integer, CharSequence> map1Builder =
                 newTcpSocketShmBuilder(Integer.class, CharSequence.class,
                         (byte) 1, port, new InetSocketAddress("localhost", port + 1));
-        map1 = map1Builder.create();
+        map1 = map1Builder.averageValueSize(10).create();
         map2 = newTcpSocketShmIntString((byte) 2, port + 1);
         s_port += 2;
     }