diff --git a/TESTS/netsocket/udp/main.cpp b/TESTS/netsocket/udp/main.cpp
index f8b87e30b7..0057aed55f 100644
--- a/TESTS/netsocket/udp/main.cpp
+++ b/TESTS/netsocket/udp/main.cpp
@@ -33,10 +33,26 @@
 
 using namespace utest::v1;
 
+namespace {
+Timer tc_bucket; // Timer to limit a test cases run time
+}
+
 #if MBED_CONF_NSAPI_SOCKET_STATS_ENABLE
 mbed_stats_socket_t udp_stats[MBED_CONF_NSAPI_SOCKET_STATS_MAX_COUNT];
 #endif
 
+void drop_bad_packets(UDPSocket &sock, int orig_timeout)
+{
+    nsapi_error_t err;
+    sock.set_timeout(0);
+    while (true) {
+        err = sock.recv(NULL, 0);
+        if (err == NSAPI_ERROR_WOULD_BLOCK) {
+            break;
+        }
+    }
+    sock.set_timeout(orig_timeout);
+}
 static void _ifup()
 {
     NetworkInterface *net = NetworkInterface::get_default_instance();
@@ -51,18 +67,6 @@ static void _ifdown()
     printf("MBED: ifdown\n");
 }
 
-void drop_bad_packets(UDPSocket &sock, int orig_timeout)
-{
-    nsapi_error_t err;
-    sock.set_timeout(0);
-    while (true) {
-        err = sock.recvfrom(NULL, 0, 0);
-        if (err == NSAPI_ERROR_WOULD_BLOCK) {
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-    sock.set_timeout(orig_timeout);
-}
 
 nsapi_version_t get_ip_version()
 {
@@ -80,6 +84,11 @@ void fill_tx_buffer_ascii(char *buff, size_t len)
     }
 }
 
+int split2half_rmng_udp_test_time()
+{
+    return (udp_global::TESTS_TIMEOUT - tc_bucket.read()) / 2;
+}
+
 #if MBED_CONF_NSAPI_SOCKET_STATS_ENABLE
 int fetch_stats()
 {
@@ -90,20 +99,20 @@ int fetch_stats()
 // Test setup
 utest::v1::status_t greentea_setup(const size_t number_of_cases)
 {
-    GREENTEA_SETUP(480, "default_auto");
+    GREENTEA_SETUP(udp_global::TESTS_TIMEOUT, "default_auto");
     _ifup();
+    tc_bucket.start();
     return greentea_test_setup_handler(number_of_cases);
 }
 
 void greentea_teardown(const size_t passed, const size_t failed, const failure_t failure)
 {
+    tc_bucket.stop();
     _ifdown();
     return greentea_test_teardown_handler(passed, failed, failure);
 }
 
 Case cases[] = {
-    Case("UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST", UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST),
-    Case("UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST_NONBLOCK", UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST_NONBLOCK),
     Case("UDPSOCKET_OPEN_CLOSE_REPEAT", UDPSOCKET_OPEN_CLOSE_REPEAT),
     Case("UDPSOCKET_OPEN_LIMIT", UDPSOCKET_OPEN_LIMIT),
     Case("UDPSOCKET_RECV_TIMEOUT", UDPSOCKET_RECV_TIMEOUT),
@@ -119,10 +128,11 @@ Case cases[] = {
     Case("UDPSOCKET_BIND_WRONG_TYPE", UDPSOCKET_BIND_WRONG_TYPE),
     Case("UDPSOCKET_BIND_UNOPENED", UDPSOCKET_BIND_UNOPENED),
     Case("UDPSOCKET_SENDTO_INVALID", UDPSOCKET_SENDTO_INVALID),
-    Case("UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST", UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST),
-    Case("UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST_BURST", UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST_BURST),
+    Case("UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST_NONBLOCK", UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST_NONBLOCK),
     Case("UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST_BURST_NONBLOCK", UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST_BURST_NONBLOCK),
     Case("UDPSOCKET_SENDTO_REPEAT", UDPSOCKET_SENDTO_REPEAT),
+    Case("UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST", UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST),
+    Case("UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST_BURST", UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST_BURST),
 };
 
 Specification specification(greentea_setup, cases, greentea_teardown, greentea_continue_handlers);
diff --git a/TESTS/netsocket/udp/udp_tests.h b/TESTS/netsocket/udp/udp_tests.h
index 34a06670a3..a6222a786d 100644
--- a/TESTS/netsocket/udp/udp_tests.h
+++ b/TESTS/netsocket/udp/udp_tests.h
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ extern mbed_stats_socket_t udp_stats[MBED_CONF_NSAPI_SOCKET_STATS_MAX_COUNT];
 int fetch_stats(void);
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * Single testcase might take only half of the remaining execution time
+ */
+int split2half_rmng_udp_test_time(); // [s]
+
+namespace udp_global {
+static const int TESTS_TIMEOUT = 480;
+}
+
 /*
  * Test cases
  */
diff --git a/TESTS/netsocket/udp/udpsocket_echotest.cpp b/TESTS/netsocket/udp/udpsocket_echotest.cpp
index ffd3dc75e7..1457096fce 100644
--- a/TESTS/netsocket/udp/udpsocket_echotest.cpp
+++ b/TESTS/netsocket/udp/udpsocket_echotest.cpp
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ static const int pkt_sizes[PKTS] = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, \
                                     100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, \
                                     1100, 1200
                                    };
+Timer tc_exec_time;
+int time_allotted;
 }
 
 static void _sigio_handler(osThreadId id)
@@ -106,6 +108,9 @@ void udpsocket_echotest_nonblock_receiver(void *receive_bytes)
     for (int retry_cnt = 0; retry_cnt <= RETRIES; retry_cnt++) {
         recvd = sock.recvfrom(NULL, rx_buffer, expt2recv);
         if (recvd == NSAPI_ERROR_WOULD_BLOCK) {
+            if (tc_exec_time.read() >= time_allotted) {
+                break;
+            }
             wait_ms(WAIT2RECV_TIMEOUT);
             --retry_cnt;
             continue;
@@ -118,7 +123,7 @@ void udpsocket_echotest_nonblock_receiver(void *receive_bytes)
         }
     }
 
-    drop_bad_packets(sock, -1); // timeout equivalent to set_blocking(false)
+    drop_bad_packets(sock, 0); // timeout equivalent to set_blocking(false)
 
     tx_sem.release();
 }
@@ -132,6 +137,8 @@ void UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST_NONBLOCK()
         TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(SOCK_CLOSED, udp_stats[j].state);
     }
 #endif
+    tc_exec_time.start();
+    time_allotted = split2half_rmng_udp_test_time(); // [s]
 
     SocketAddress udp_addr;
     NetworkInterface::get_default_instance()->gethostbyname(MBED_CONF_APP_ECHO_SERVER_ADDR, &udp_addr);
@@ -166,7 +173,8 @@ void UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST_NONBLOCK()
                 packets_sent++;
             }
             if (sent == NSAPI_ERROR_WOULD_BLOCK) {
-                if (osSignalWait(SIGNAL_SIGIO, SIGIO_TIMEOUT).status == osEventTimeout) {
+                if (tc_exec_time.read() >= time_allotted ||
+                        osSignalWait(SIGNAL_SIGIO, SIGIO_TIMEOUT).status == osEventTimeout) {
                     continue;
                 }
                 --retry_cnt;
@@ -209,4 +217,5 @@ void UDPSOCKET_ECHOTEST_NONBLOCK()
 #endif
     }
     TEST_ASSERT_EQUAL(NSAPI_ERROR_OK, sock.close());
+    tc_exec_time.stop();
 }