diff --git a/pandas/tests/io/parser/common/test_common_basic.py b/pandas/tests/io/parser/common/test_common_basic.py
index 558fdb7632102..fe3008b331d92 100644
--- a/pandas/tests/io/parser/common/test_common_basic.py
+++ b/pandas/tests/io/parser/common/test_common_basic.py
@@ -936,7 +936,7 @@ def test_read_seek(all_parsers):
     with tm.ensure_clean() as path:
         Path(path).write_text(prefix + content, encoding="utf-8")
         with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as file:
-            file.readline()
+            file.readline(5_000_000)
             actual = parser.read_csv(file)
         expected = parser.read_csv(StringIO(content))
     tm.assert_frame_equal(actual, expected)