diff --git a/tests/cli/bootsys/test_platform.py b/tests/cli/bootsys/test_platform.py
index 56a07bce..65d8b8f3 100644
--- a/tests/cli/bootsys/test_platform.py
+++ b/tests/cli/bootsys/test_platform.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ def test_init(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.host, self.csp.host)
         # Result queue should be empty before run is called
         with self.assertRaises(queue.Empty):
-            self.result_queue.get(block=False)
+            self.result_queue.get(timeout=0.01)
 
     def test_err_exit(self):
         """Test the _err_exit method logs an error, raises SystemExit(1), and adds result to queue."""