diff --git a/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp b/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
index 7ef7f2ad81..57bebf1ca5 100644
--- a/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
+++ b/tests/test-backend-ops.cpp
@@ -1919,8 +1919,7 @@ struct test_unary : public test_case {
 
     void initialize_tensors(ggml_context * ctx) override {
         for (ggml_tensor * t = ggml_get_first_tensor(ctx); t != NULL; t = ggml_get_next_tensor(ctx, t)) {
-            // test extended range of values to check for NaNs in GELU
-            init_tensor_uniform(t, -150.f, 150.f);
+            init_tensor_uniform(t, -10.f, 10.f);
         }
     }