diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index d4ed915881b..42ffb651f28 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2021-04-29  Tom de Vries  <tdevries@suse.de>
+
+	PR testsuite/27786
+	* lib/valgrind.exp (vgdb_start): Use set_remotetimeout.  Increase
+	remotetimeout to 4.
+
 2021-04-28  Tom Tromey  <tromey@adacore.com>
 
 	* gdb.ada/null_overload.exp: New file.
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/lib/valgrind.exp b/gdb/testsuite/lib/valgrind.exp
index caabeda9730..bba338f880c 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/lib/valgrind.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/lib/valgrind.exp
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ proc vgdb_start { {active_at_startup 1} } {
 
     clean_restart $testfile
 
-    set vgdbcmd "set remotetimeout 3"
+    set_remotetimeout 4
 
     # Make sure we're disconnected, in case we're testing with the
     # native-extended-gdbserver board, where gdb_start/gdb_load spawn