diff --git a/spec/unit/util/profiler/aggregate_spec.rb b/spec/unit/util/profiler/aggregate_spec.rb
index 20845d670..8d38d4673 100644
--- a/spec/unit/util/profiler/aggregate_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/unit/util/profiler/aggregate_spec.rb
@@ -1,59 +1,59 @@
 require 'spec_helper'
 require 'puppet/util/profiler'
 require 'puppet/util/profiler/around_profiler'
 require 'puppet/util/profiler/aggregate'
 
 describe Puppet::Util::Profiler::Aggregate do
   let(:logger) { AggregateSimpleLog.new }
   let(:profiler) { Puppet::Util::Profiler::Aggregate.new(logger, nil) }
   let(:profiler_mgr) do
     p = Puppet::Util::Profiler::AroundProfiler.new
     p.add_profiler(profiler)
     p
   end
 
   it "tracks the aggregate counts and time for the hierarchy of metrics" do
-    profiler_mgr.profile("Looking up hiera data in production environment", ["function", "hiera_lookup", "production"]) {}
+    profiler_mgr.profile("Looking up hiera data in production environment", ["function", "hiera_lookup", "production"]) { sleep 0.01 }
     profiler_mgr.profile("Looking up hiera data in test environment", ["function", "hiera_lookup", "test"]) {}
-    profiler_mgr.profile("looking up stuff for compilation", ["compiler", "lookup"]) {}
+    profiler_mgr.profile("looking up stuff for compilation", ["compiler", "lookup"]) { sleep 0.01 }
     profiler_mgr.profile("COMPILING ALL OF THE THINGS!", ["compiler", "compiling"]) {}
 
     profiler.values["function"].count.should == 2
     profiler.values["function"].time.should be > 0
     profiler.values["function"]["hiera_lookup"].count.should == 2
     profiler.values["function"]["hiera_lookup"]["production"].count.should == 1
     profiler.values["function"]["hiera_lookup"]["test"].count.should == 1
-    profiler.values["function"].time.should be >= profiler.values["function"]["hiera_lookup"].time
+    profiler.values["function"].time.should be >= profiler.values["function"]["hiera_lookup"]["test"].time
 
     profiler.values["compiler"].count.should == 2
     profiler.values["compiler"].time.should be > 0
     profiler.values["compiler"]["lookup"].count.should == 1
     profiler.values["compiler"]["compiling"].count.should == 1
     profiler.values["compiler"].time.should be >= profiler.values["compiler"]["lookup"].time
 
     profiler.shutdown
 
     logger.output.should =~ /function -> hiera_lookup: .*\(2 calls\)\nfunction -> hiera_lookup ->.*\(1 calls\)/
     logger.output.should =~ /compiler: .*\(2 calls\)\ncompiler ->.*\(1 calls\)/
   end
 
   it "tolerates calls to `profile` that don't include a metric id" do
     profiler_mgr.profile("yo") {}
   end
 
   it "supports both symbols and strings as components of a metric id" do
     profiler_mgr.profile("yo", [:foo, "bar"]) {}
   end
 
   class AggregateSimpleLog
     attr_reader :output
 
     def initialize
       @output = ""
     end
 
     def call(msg)
       @output << msg << "\n"
     end
   end
 end