diff --git a/src/testdir/test_memory_usage.vim b/src/testdir/test_memory_usage.vim
index 1e0dd6d..43f4abc 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_memory_usage.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_memory_usage.vim
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@
 
   let vim = s:vim_new()
   call vim.start('--clean', '-c', 'set noswapfile', testfile)
-  " Wait a bit until the process has started and sourced the script.
-  sleep 200m
   let before = s:monitor_memory_usage(vim.pid).last
 
   call term_sendkeys(vim.buf, ":so %\<CR>")
@@ -150,9 +148,15 @@
 
   " The usage may be a bit less than the last value, use 80%.
   " Allow for 20% tolerance at the upper limit.  That's very permissive, but
-  " otherwise the test fails sometimes.
+  " otherwise the test fails sometimes.  On Cirrus CI with FreeBSD we need to
+  " be even more permissive.
+  if has('bsd')
+    let multiplier = 14
+  else
+    let multiplier = 12
+  endif
   let lower = before * 8 / 10
-  let upper = (after.max + (after.last - before)) * 12 / 10
+  let upper = (after.max + (after.last - before)) * multiplier / 10
   call assert_inrange(lower, upper, last)
 
   call vim.stop()
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 58211bc..78af80d 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -743,6 +743,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    71,
+/**/
     70,
 /**/
     69,