diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index d9878cfa34dbf..a6ad6fb27eaa4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ compiler:
   - gcc
 env:
   global:
-    - FIELD=auto  BIGNUM=auto  SCALAR=auto  ENDOMORPHISM=no  STATICPRECOMPUTATION=yes  ECMULTGENPRECISION=auto  ASM=no  BUILD=check  EXTRAFLAGS=  HOST=  ECDH=no  RECOVERY=no  EXPERIMENTAL=no CTIMETEST=yes BENCH=yes SECP256K1_BENCH_ITERS=2
+    - FIELD=auto  BIGNUM=auto  SCALAR=auto  ENDOMORPHISM=no  STATICPRECOMPUTATION=yes  ECMULTGENPRECISION=auto  ASM=no  BUILD=check  EXTRAFLAGS=  HOST=  ECDH=no  RECOVERY=no  EXPERIMENTAL=no CTIMETEST=yes BENCH=yes ITERS=2
   matrix:
     - SCALAR=32bit    RECOVERY=yes
     - SCALAR=32bit    FIELD=32bit       ECDH=yes  EXPERIMENTAL=yes
diff --git a/contrib/travis.sh b/contrib/travis.sh
index 383ef3fb72200..3909d16a279dc 100755
--- a/contrib/travis.sh
+++ b/contrib/travis.sh
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ then
     else
         EXEC=
     fi
+    # This limits the iterations in the benchmarks below to ITER(set in .travis.yml) iterations.
+    export SECP256K1_BENCH_ITERS="$ITERS"
     {
         $EXEC ./bench_ecmult
         $EXEC ./bench_internal