diff --git a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/perf/StartupExcessiveResourceUseTest.kt b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/perf/StartupExcessiveResourceUseTest.kt
index 577e7ba65..d44582a03 100644
--- a/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/perf/StartupExcessiveResourceUseTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/androidTest/java/org/mozilla/fenix/perf/StartupExcessiveResourceUseTest.kt
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@ import org.mozilla.fenix.helpers.HomeActivityTestRule
 private const val EXPECTED_SUPPRESSION_COUNT = 19
 @Suppress("TopLevelPropertyNaming") // it's silly this would have a different naming convention b/c no const
 private val EXPECTED_RUNBLOCKING_RANGE = 0..1 // CI has +1 counts compared to local runs: increment these together
-private const val EXPECTED_RECYCLER_VIEW_CONSTRAINT_LAYOUT_CHILDREN = 4
+private val EXPECTED_RECYCLER_VIEW_CONSTRAINT_LAYOUT_CHILDREN =
+    4..5 // The messaging framework is not deterministic and could add a +1 to the count
 private const val EXPECTED_NUMBER_OF_INFLATION = 14
 
 private val failureMsgStrictMode = getErrorMessage(
@@ -87,10 +88,9 @@ class StartupExcessiveResourceUseTest {
 
         assertEquals(failureMsgStrictMode, EXPECTED_SUPPRESSION_COUNT, actualSuppresionCount)
         assertTrue(failureMsgRunBlocking + "actual: $actualRunBlocking", actualRunBlocking in EXPECTED_RUNBLOCKING_RANGE)
-        assertEquals(
-            failureMsgRecyclerViewConstraintLayoutChildren,
-            EXPECTED_RECYCLER_VIEW_CONSTRAINT_LAYOUT_CHILDREN,
-            actualRecyclerViewConstraintLayoutChildren
+        assertTrue(
+            failureMsgRecyclerViewConstraintLayoutChildren + "actual: $actualRunBlocking",
+            actualRecyclerViewConstraintLayoutChildren in EXPECTED_RECYCLER_VIEW_CONSTRAINT_LAYOUT_CHILDREN,
         )
         assertEquals(failureMsgNumberOfInflation, EXPECTED_NUMBER_OF_INFLATION, actualNumberOfInflations)
     }