diff --git a/test/TEST-63-ISSUE-17433/test.sh b/test/TEST-63-ISSUE-17433/test.sh
index fd83b5fa6f..65f41ed1de 100755
--- a/test/TEST-63-ISSUE-17433/test.sh
+++ b/test/TEST-63-ISSUE-17433/test.sh
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ TEST_DESCRIPTION="https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/17433"
 
 test_append_files() {
     (
-        # Collecting coverage slows this particular test quite a bit, causing
-        # it to fail with the default settings (20 triggers per 2 secs)
-        # to trip over the default limit. Let's help it a bit in such case.
-        if get_bool "$IS_BUILT_WITH_COVERAGE"; then
+        # Tweak the trigger limit interval in case we are collecting coverage
+        # or running without KVM - in both cases we might be slow enough that
+        # we could miss the default rate-limit window and cause the test to fail
+        # unexpectedly.
+        if get_bool "$IS_BUILT_WITH_COVERAGE" || ! get_bool "$QEMU_KVM"; then
             mkdir -p "${initdir:?}/etc/systemd/system/test63.path.d"
-            printf "[Path]\nTriggerLimitIntervalSec=10\n" >"${initdir:?}/etc/systemd/system/test63.path.d/coverage-override.conf"
+            printf "[Path]\nTriggerLimitIntervalSec=10\n" >"${initdir:?}/etc/systemd/system/test63.path.d/triggerlimitinterval-override.conf"
         fi
     )
 }