diff --git a/tests/thread/thread_stacksize1.py b/tests/thread/thread_stacksize1.py
index e3e77fadaf..e62899631f 100644
--- a/tests/thread/thread_stacksize1.py
+++ b/tests/thread/thread_stacksize1.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import sys
 import _thread
 
 # different implementations have different minimum sizes
-if sys.implementation == 'micropython':
+if sys.implementation.name == 'micropython':
     sz = 2 * 1024
 else:
     sz = 32 * 1024
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ def thread_entry():
         global n_finished
         n_finished += 1
 
+# reset stack size to default
+_thread.stack_size()
+
 # test set/get of stack size
 print(_thread.stack_size())
 print(_thread.stack_size(sz))