diff --git a/array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py b/array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py
index 4ae92f1f..a9432429 100644
--- a/array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py
+++ b/array_api_tests/test_creation_functions.py
@@ -445,6 +445,9 @@ def test_linspace(num, dtype, endpoint, data):
     # avoid overflow errors
     assume(not xp.isnan(xp.asarray(stop - start, dtype=_dtype)))
     assume(not xp.isnan(xp.asarray(start - stop, dtype=_dtype)))
+    # avoid generating very large distances
+    # https://github.com/data-apis/array-api-tests/issues/125
+    assume(abs(stop - start) < dh.dtype_ranges[dtype].max)
 
     kw = data.draw(
         hh.specified_kwargs(