diff --git a/src/ior.c b/src/ior.c
index 47542ce..7e71c19 100755
--- a/src/ior.c
+++ b/src/ior.c
@@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ static void DisplayUsage(char **argv)
                 " -x    singleXferAttempt -- do not retry transfer if incomplete",
                 " -X N  reorderTasksRandomSeed -- random seed for -Z option",
                 " -y    stoneWallingWearOut -- once the stonewalling timout is over, all process finish to access the amount of data",
+                " -1    stoneWallingWearOutIterations stop after processing this number of iterations, needed for reading data back written with -y",
                 " -Y    fsyncPerWrite -- perform fsync after each POSIX write",
                 " -z    randomOffset -- access is to random, not sequential, offsets within a file",
                 " -Z    reorderTasksRandom -- changes task ordering to random ordering for readback",
@@ -2635,13 +2636,13 @@ static IOR_offset_t WriteOrRead(IOR_param_t * test, IOR_results_t * results, voi
                             > test->deadlineForStonewalling));
 
         /* loop over offsets to access */
-        while ((offsetArray[pairCnt] != -1) && !hitStonewall) {
+        while ((offsetArray[pairCnt] != -1) && !hitStonewall ) {
                 dataMoved += WriteOrReadSingle(pairCnt, offsetArray, pretendRank, & transferCount, & errors, test, fd, ioBuffers, access);
                 pairCnt++;
 
                 hitStonewall = ((test->deadlineForStonewalling != 0)
                                 && ((GetTimeStamp() - startForStonewall)
-                                    > test->deadlineForStonewalling));
+                                    > test->deadlineForStonewalling)) || (test->stoneWallingWearOutIterations != 0 && pairCnt == test->stoneWallingWearOutIterations) ;
         }
         if (test->stoneWallingWearOut){
           MPI_CHECK(MPI_Allreduce(& pairCnt, &results->pairs_accessed,
diff --git a/src/ior.h b/src/ior.h
index 2d81abe..1159883 100755
--- a/src/ior.h
+++ b/src/ior.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ typedef struct
     int storeFileOffset;             /* use file offset as stored signature */
     int deadlineForStonewalling;     /* max time in seconds to run any test phase */
     int stoneWallingWearOut;         /* wear out the stonewalling, once the timout is over, each process has to write the same amount */
+    int stoneWallingWearOutIterations; /* the number of iterations for the stonewallingWearOut, needed for readBack */
     int maxTimeDuration;             /* max time in minutes to run each test */
     int outlierThreshold;            /* warn on outlier N seconds from mean */
     int verbose;                     /* verbosity */
diff --git a/src/parse_options.c b/src/parse_options.c
index 8db715a..26fbef0 100755
--- a/src/parse_options.c
+++ b/src/parse_options.c
@@ -432,7 +432,7 @@ IOR_test_t *ReadConfigScript(char *scriptName)
 IOR_test_t *ParseCommandLine(int argc, char **argv)
 {
         static const char *opts =
-          "a:A:b:BcCd:D:eEf:FgG:hHi:Ij:J:kKl:mM:nN:o:O:pPqQ:rRs:St:T:uU:vVwWxX:YzZy";
+          "a:A:b:BcCd:D:eEf:FgG:hHi:Ij:J:kKl:mM:nN:o:O:pPqQ:rRs:St:T:uU:vVwWxX:YzZy1:";
         int c, i;
         static IOR_test_t *tests = NULL;
 
@@ -612,6 +612,9 @@ IOR_test_t *ParseCommandLine(int argc, char **argv)
                 case 'X':
                         initialTestParams.reorderTasksRandomSeed = atoi(optarg);
                         break;
+                case '1':
+                        initialTestParams.stoneWallingWearOutIterations = atoi(optarg);
+                        break;
                 case 'y':
                         initialTestParams.stoneWallingWearOut = TRUE;
                         break;