diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d2bc85d664..7e55c4c459 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ before_script:
 
 script:
   - $SETARCH make -s test TESTOPTS="${TESTOPTS=$JOBS -q --tty=no}"
-  - $SETARCH travis_wait 30 make -s test-all -o exts TESTOPTS="${TEST_ALL_OPTS=$TESTOPTS}"
+  - travis_wait 30 $SETARCH make -s test-all -o exts TESTOPTS="${TEST_ALL_OPTS=$TESTOPTS}"
   - $SETARCH make -s test-spec MSPECOPT=-ff # not using `-j` because sometimes `mspec -j` silently dies
 
 # Branch matrix.  Not all branches are Travis-ready so we limit branches here.