diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 4d38e420..fa8399ee 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ jobs:
             sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_watches fs.inotify.max_user_instances
             ulimit -a
             go version
-            go test -race -parallel 1 ./...
+            go test -parallel 1 -race ./...
 
   # iOS
   ios:
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
             export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/Cellar/go/*/bin
             uname -a
             go version
-            go test -race -parallel 1 ./...
+            go test -parallel 1 -race ./...
 
   # This is just Linux x86_64; also need to get a Go with GOOS=android, but
   # there aren't any pre-built versions of that on the Go site. Idk, disable for
@@ -78,5 +78,5 @@ jobs:
   #           uname -a
   #           export PATH=/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
   #           go version
-  #           go test -race -parallel 1 ./...
+  #           go test -parallel 1 -race ./...
   #
diff --git a/.cirrus.yml b/.cirrus.yml
index 0774c6b4..d9a74da9 100644
--- a/.cirrus.yml
+++ b/.cirrus.yml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ freebsd_task:
       # run tests as user "cirrus" instead of root
     - pw useradd cirrus -m
     - chown -R cirrus:cirrus .
-    - sudo -u cirrus go test -race -parallel 1 ./...
+    - sudo -u cirrus go test -parallel 1 -race ./...
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 8fb10945..777d7a43 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: test
         run: |
-          go test -race -parallel 1 ./...
+          go test -parallel 1 -race ./...
 
   # Test gccgo
   testgcc:
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: test
         run: |
-          go test -race -parallel 1 ./...
+          go test -parallel 1 -race ./...
 
   # OpenBSD; no -race as the VM doesn't include the comp set.
   #
diff --git a/fsnotify_test.go b/fsnotify_test.go
index 7dad8673..5fb7f2ec 100644
--- a/fsnotify_test.go
+++ b/fsnotify_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestMain(m *testing.M) {
 	c1 := m.Run()
 	os.Setenv("FSNOTIFY_BUFFER", "1")
 	c2 := m.Run()
-	os.Setenv("FSNOTIFY_BUFFER", "1024")
+	os.Setenv("FSNOTIFY_BUFFER", "64")
 	c3 := m.Run()
 
 	if c1 != 0 {