diff --git a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessChronicleMap.java b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessChronicleMap.java
index bc960b093..c8e5aa824 100644
--- a/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessChronicleMap.java
+++ b/src/main/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessChronicleMap.java
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class StatelessChronicleMap<K, V> implements ChronicleMap<K, V>, Closeable, Clon
 
 
     private final ReentrantLock inBytesLock = new ReentrantLock();
-    private final ReentrantLock outBytesLock = new ReentrantLock(true);
+    private final ReentrantLock outBytesLock = new ReentrantLock();
 
 
     static enum EventId {
diff --git a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessClientTest.java b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessClientTest.java
index a021fea97..72b1ec661 100644
--- a/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessClientTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/net/openhft/chronicle/map/StatelessClientTest.java
@@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ public class StatelessClientTest {
         int nThreads = 2;
         final ExecutorService executorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(nThreads);
 
-        int count = 10000;
+        int count = 50000;
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(count * 2);
         final AtomicInteger got = new AtomicInteger();