diff --git a/jstests/replsets/replset5.js b/jstests/replsets/replset5.js
index 1196358046ec6..aa95484c22701 100644
--- a/jstests/replsets/replset5.js
+++ b/jstests/replsets/replset5.js
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ doTest = function (signal) {
     // Initiate set with default for getLastError
     var config = replTest.getReplSetConfig();
     config.settings = {};
-    config.settings.getLastErrorDefaults = { 'w': 3, 'wtimeout': 10000 };
+    config.settings.getLastErrorDefaults = { 'w': 3, 'wtimeout': 20000 };
 
     replTest.initiate(config);
 
@@ -18,59 +18,51 @@ doTest = function (signal) {
     var testDB = "foo";
 
     // Initial replication
-    master.getDB(testDB).bar.save({ a: 1 });
+    master.getDB("barDB").bar.save({ a: 1 });
     replTest.awaitReplication();
 
-    var slaves = replTest.liveNodes.slaves;
 
     // These writes should be replicated immediately
     master.getDB(testDB).foo.insert({ n: 1 });
     master.getDB(testDB).foo.insert({ n: 2 });
     master.getDB(testDB).foo.insert({ n: 3 });
 
-    // *** NOTE ***: The slaves have the data when I run this:
-    master.getDB("admin").runCommand({ getlasterror: 1, w: 3, wtimeout: 5000 });
-
-    // But when I run the test with no defaults, they don't:
-    // master.getDB("admin").runCommand({getlasterror: 1});
+    // *** NOTE ***: The default doesn't seem to be propogating.
+    // When I run getlasterror with no defaults, the slaves don't have the data:
+    // These getlasterror commands can be run individually to verify this.
+    //master.getDB("admin").runCommand({ getlasterror: 1, w: 3, wtimeout: 20000 });
+    master.getDB("admin").runCommand({getlasterror: 1});
 
+    var slaves = replTest.liveNodes.slaves;
     slaves[0].setSlaveOk();
     slaves[1].setSlaveOk();
 
-    print("Testing slave I");
+    print("Testing slave counts");
 
+    // These should all have 3 documents, but they don't always.
+    var master1count = master.getDB(testDB).foo.count();
+    assert( master1count == 3, "Master has " + master1count + " of 3 documents!");
+
+    var slave0count = slaves[0].getDB(testDB).foo.count();
+    assert( slave0count == 3, "Slave 0 has " + slave0count + " of 3 documents!");
+
+    var slave1count = slaves[1].getDB(testDB).foo.count();
+    assert( slave1count == 3, "Slave 1 has " + slave1count + " of 3 documents!");
+
+    print("Testing slave 0");
+
     var s0 = slaves[0].getDB(testDB).foo.find();
     assert(s0.next()['n']);
     assert(s0.next()['n']);
     assert(s0.next()['n']);
 
-    print("Testing slave II");
+    print("Testing slave 1");
 
     var s1 = slaves[1].getDB(testDB).foo.find();
     assert(s1.next()['n']);
     assert(s1.next()['n']);
     assert(s1.next()['n']);
 
-    // Let's re-initialize the replica set with a new getlasterror
-    var config = replTest.getReplSetConfig();
-    var c = master.getDB("local")['system.replset'].findOne();
-    printjson(c);
-    config.settings = {};
-    config.settings.getLastErrorDefaults = { 'w': 5, 'wtimeout': 1000000 };
-    config.version = c.version + 1;
-
-    print("Reinitiating");
-    replTest.initiate(config, 'replSetReconfig');
-
-    var master = replTest.getMaster();
-
-    master.getDB(testDB).baz.insert({ n: 3 });
-
-    // *** NOTE ***: This should never return given the timeout set above, but it returns right away.
-    print("NOTE");
-    master.getDB(testDB).runCommand({ getlasterror: 1, w: 5, wtimeout: 5000000 });
-    print("NOTE2");
-
     // End test
     replTest.stopSet(signal);
 }