diff --git a/plugins/api/rate-limit/test/org/apache/cloudstack/ratelimit/ApiRateLimitTest.java b/plugins/api/rate-limit/test/org/apache/cloudstack/ratelimit/ApiRateLimitTest.java
index 85eeaaf4223..4ffab7a8c7e 100644
--- a/plugins/api/rate-limit/test/org/apache/cloudstack/ratelimit/ApiRateLimitTest.java
+++ b/plugins/api/rate-limit/test/org/apache/cloudstack/ratelimit/ApiRateLimitTest.java
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ public class ApiRateLimitTest {
         ApiLimitResponse response = _limitService.searchApiLimit(testAccount);
         assertEquals("apiIssued is incorrect", 5, response.getApiIssued());
         assertEquals("apiAllowed is incorrect", 5, response.getApiAllowed());
-        assertTrue("expiredAfter is incorrect", response.getExpireAfter() < 1000);
+        // using <= to account for inaccurate System.currentTimeMillis() clock in Windows environment
+        assertTrue("expiredAfter is incorrect", response.getExpireAfter() <= 1000);
 
     }