diff --git a/examples/CMakeTests.cmake b/examples/CMakeTests.cmake
index b4220781a8e..70142c84dec 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeTests.cmake
+++ b/examples/CMakeTests.cmake
@@ -98,11 +98,14 @@ endif ()
 
 ### Windows pops up a modal permission dialog on this test
 if (H5_HAVE_PARALLEL AND HDF5_TEST_PARALLEL AND NOT WIN32)
+  # Ensure that 24 is a multiple of the number of processes.
+  # The number 24 corresponds to SPACE1_DIM1 and SPACE1_DIM2 defined in ph5example.c
+  math(EXPR NUMPROCS "24 / ((24 + ${MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS} - 1) / ${MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS})")
   if (HDF5_ENABLE_USING_MEMCHECKER)
-    add_test (NAME MPI_TEST_EXAMPLES-ph5example COMMAND ${MPIEXEC_EXECUTABLE} ${MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG} ${MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS} ${MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS} $<TARGET_FILE:ph5example> ${MPIEXEC_POSTFLAGS})
+    add_test (NAME MPI_TEST_EXAMPLES-ph5example COMMAND ${MPIEXEC_EXECUTABLE} ${MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG} ${NUMPROCS} ${MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS} $<TARGET_FILE:ph5example> ${MPIEXEC_POSTFLAGS})
   else ()
     add_test (NAME MPI_TEST_EXAMPLES-ph5example COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}"
-        -D "TEST_PROGRAM=${MPIEXEC_EXECUTABLE};${MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG};${MPIEXEC_MAX_NUMPROCS};${MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS};$<TARGET_FILE:ph5example>;${MPIEXEC_POSTFLAGS}"
+        -D "TEST_PROGRAM=${MPIEXEC_EXECUTABLE};${MPIEXEC_NUMPROC_FLAG};${NUMPROCS};${MPIEXEC_PREFLAGS};$<TARGET_FILE:ph5example>;${MPIEXEC_POSTFLAGS}"
         -D "TEST_ARGS:STRING="
         -D "TEST_EXPECT=0"
         -D "TEST_OUTPUT=ph5example.out"