diff --git a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/getrusage/getrusage03.h b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/getrusage/getrusage03.h
index 8bee0b9e5d7..58a98b43062 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/syscalls/getrusage/getrusage03.h
+++ b/testcases/kernel/syscalls/getrusage/getrusage03.h
@@ -6,10 +6,19 @@
 #ifndef LTP_GETRUSAGE03_H
 #define LTP_GETRUSAGE03_H
 
+#include <sched.h>
 #include "tst_test.h"
 
 #define DELTA_MAX 20480
 
+static void force_context_switches(int iterations)
+{
+	tst_res(TINFO, "Forcing context switch %d times", iterations);
+
+	for (int i = 0; i < iterations; i++)
+		sched_yield();
+}
+
 static void consume_mb(int consume_nr)
 {
 	void *ptr;
@@ -22,6 +31,8 @@ static void consume_mb(int consume_nr)
 	ptr = SAFE_MALLOC(size);
 	memset(ptr, 0, size);
 
+	force_context_switches(10);
+
 	SAFE_FILE_LINES_SCANF("/proc/self/status", "VmSwap: %lu", &vmswap_size);
 	if (vmswap_size > 0)
 		tst_brk(TBROK, "VmSwap is not zero");