diff --git a/src/bun.js/test/jest.zig b/src/bun.js/test/jest.zig
index ab6c6163ebd6eb..3dcaacf0219334 100644
--- a/src/bun.js/test/jest.zig
+++ b/src/bun.js/test/jest.zig
@@ -1428,7 +1428,7 @@ pub const TestRunnerTask = struct {
         const elapsed = now.duration(&this.started_at).ms();
         this.ref.unref(this.globalThis.bunVM());
         this.globalThis.throwTerminationException();
-        this.handleResult(.{ .fail = expect.active_test_expectation_counter.actual }, .{ .timeout = elapsed });
+        this.handleResult(.{ .fail = expect.active_test_expectation_counter.actual }, .{ .timeout = @intCast(@max(elapsed, 0)) });
     }
 
     const ResultType = union(enum) {