diff --git a/TestON/tests/SCPF/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat.params b/TestON/tests/SCPF/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat.params
index 497bb9d..fa17b67 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/SCPF/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat.params
+++ b/TestON/tests/SCPF/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat.params
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
         # Percent of data that can be invalid per sample size iteration.
         # Any more than this will cause the test to fail and stop. Must be a float between 0 and 1.
-        <failPercent>0.25</failPercent>
+        <failPercent>0.5</failPercent>
 
    </TEST>
 
diff --git a/TestON/tests/SCPF/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat.py b/TestON/tests/SCPF/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat.py
index 700008b..b0dd227 100644
--- a/TestON/tests/SCPF/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat.py
+++ b/TestON/tests/SCPF/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat/SCPFmastershipFailoverLat.py
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
                 main.log.warn( "Latency was NOT obtained from tshark successfully." )
 
             validDataCheck = False
-            if tsharkLatCheck:
+            if eventLatCheck and tsharkLatCheck:
                 main.log.info( "instanceDeactivated: " + str( instanceDeactivated ) )
                 main.log.info( "masterChanged: " + str( masterChanged ) )
                 main.log.info( "roleRequestLat: " + str( roleRequestLat ) )
@@ -271,8 +271,8 @@
             main.log.info( "Checking ONOS nodes." )
             nodeResults = utilities.retry( main.Cluster.nodesCheck,
                                            False,
-                                           sleep=1,
-                                           attempts=3 )
+                                           sleep=5,
+                                           attempts=50 )
 
             if not nodeResults:
                 main.log.error( "Nodes check NOT successful." )