diff --git a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqMaxGroupIds.py b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqMaxGroupIds.py
index 8b3ffc12a162ab84c0317e265159f777fd490415..60ccb4b5a37f02e6dfb627b3e703380cb4a73bc0 100644
--- a/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqMaxGroupIds.py
+++ b/tests/system-test/7-tmq/tmqMaxGroupIds.py
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class TDTestCase:
             tdLog.exit("show topics %d not equal expect num: %d"%(topicNum, expectTopicNum))
         
         flag = 0
-        for i in range(10):        
+        while (1):        
             tdSql.query('show consumers;')
             consumerNUm = tdSql.queryRows
             tdLog.info(" get consumers count: %d"%(consumerNUm))