diff --git a/tests/stress/dict_create_max.py b/tests/stress/dict_create_max.py
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+# The aim with this test is to hit the maximum resize/rehash size of a dict,
+# where there are no more primes in the table of growing allocation sizes.
+# This value is 54907 items.
+
+d = {}
+try:
+    for i in range(54908):
+        d[i] = i
+except MemoryError:
+    pass
+
+# Just check the dict still has the first value
+print(d[0])