1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/journal/test-journal-interleaving.c b/src/journal/test-journal-interleaving.c
index c2fc123e42..adefa1b026 100644
--- a/src/journal/test-journal-interleaving.c
+++ b/src/journal/test-journal-interleaving.c
@@ -62,10 +62,19 @@ static void test_close(JournalFile *f) {
 static void append_number(JournalFile *f, int n, uint64_t *seqnum) {
         char *p;
         dual_timestamp ts;
+        static dual_timestamp previous_ts = {};
         struct iovec iovec[1];
 
         dual_timestamp_get(&ts);
 
+        if (ts.monotonic <= previous_ts.monotonic)
+                ts.monotonic = previous_ts.monotonic + 1;
+
+        if (ts.realtime <= previous_ts.realtime)
+                ts.realtime = previous_ts.realtime + 1;
+
+        previous_ts = ts;
+
         assert_se(asprintf(&p, "NUMBER=%d", n) >= 0);
         iovec[0].iov_base = p;
         iovec[0].iov_len = strlen(p);