diff --git a/zstdtest.c b/zstdtest.c
index 1dcd2a6..b6334cf 100644
--- a/zstdtest.c
+++ b/zstdtest.c
@@ -379,8 +379,7 @@ test_large (struct backtrace_state *state ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
     }
 
   r = ZSTD_compress (compressed_buf, compressed_bufsize,
-		     orig_buf, orig_bufsize,
-		     ZSTD_CLEVEL_DEFAULT);
+		     orig_buf, orig_bufsize, 3);
   if (ZSTD_isError (r))
     {
       fprintf (stderr, "zstd compress failed: %s\n", ZSTD_getErrorName (r));