diff --git a/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/PageLoadingTest.java b/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/PageLoadingTest.java
index afbef83c45105..0240ef8c98fe1 100644
--- a/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/PageLoadingTest.java
+++ b/java/client/test/org/openqa/selenium/PageLoadingTest.java
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ public void testShouldTimeoutIfAPageTakesTooLongToLoad() {
 
       start = System.currentTimeMillis();
       driver.get(pages.xhtmlTestPage);
-      assertThat(driver.getTitle(), equalTo("XHTML Test Page"));
+      wait.until(titleIs("XHTML Test Page"));
       end = System.currentTimeMillis();
       duration = (int) (end - start);
       assertThat(duration, lessThan(2000));
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ public void testShouldTimeoutIfAPageTakesTooLongToRefresh() {
 
       start = System.currentTimeMillis();
       driver.get(pages.xhtmlTestPage);
-      assertThat(driver.getTitle(), equalTo("XHTML Test Page"));
+      wait.until(titleIs("XHTML Test Page"));
       end = System.currentTimeMillis();
       duration = (int) (end - start);
       assertThat(duration, lessThan(2000));
diff --git a/javascript/atoms/test/click_link_test.html b/javascript/atoms/test/click_link_test.html
index 4d5c40a21bef2..45e0f59f6db18 100644
--- a/javascript/atoms/test/click_link_test.html
+++ b/javascript/atoms/test/click_link_test.html
@@ -561,8 +561,10 @@
     asyncTestCase = goog.testing.AsyncTestCase.createAndInstall();
     // Android needs a longer timeout due to emulator slowness.
     // Opera 12, IE9+, Firefox 10 are sometimes slow to load new iframe pages.
-    if (goog.userAgent.product.ANDROID || bot.userAgent.IE_DOC_9) {
+    if (goog.userAgent.product.ANDROID) {
       asyncTestCase.stepTimeout = 5000;
+    } else if (bot.userAgent.IE_DOC_9) {
+      asyncTestCase.stepTimeout = 50000;
     } else if ((goog.userAgent.product.OPERA &&
                bot.userAgent.isEngineVersion(12)) ||
                (goog.userAgent.GECKO &&