diff --git a/test/functional/mempool_accept.py b/test/functional/mempool_accept.py
index 44426a0ff7..005fc7ed32 100755
--- a/test/functional/mempool_accept.py
+++ b/test/functional/mempool_accept.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 """Test mempool acceptance of raw transactions."""
 
 from io import BytesIO
+import math
 from test_framework.test_framework import BitcoinTestFramework
 from test_framework.messages import (
     BIP125_SEQUENCE_NUMBER,
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ def run_test(self):
 
         self.log.info('A really large transaction')
         tx.deserialize(BytesIO(hex_str_to_bytes(raw_tx_reference)))
-        tx.vin = [tx.vin[0]] * (MAX_BLOCK_BASE_SIZE // len(tx.vin[0].serialize()))
+        tx.vin = [tx.vin[0]] * math.ceil(MAX_BLOCK_BASE_SIZE / len(tx.vin[0].serialize()))
         self.check_mempool_result(
             result_expected=[{'txid': tx.rehash(), 'allowed': False, 'reject-reason': '16: bad-txns-oversize'}],
             rawtxs=[bytes_to_hex_str(tx.serialize())],