diff --git a/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/no-agent-workunits/task/test_orch_cli.yaml b/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/no-agent-workunits/task/test_orch_cli.yaml
index db7abca008349..a72f95f4213ac 100644
--- a/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/no-agent-workunits/task/test_orch_cli.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/no-agent-workunits/task/test_orch_cli.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ roles:
   - client.0
 overrides:
   ceph:
+    log-ignorelist:
+      - CEPHADM_PAUSED
     log-only-match:
       - CEPHADM_
 tasks: