diff --git a/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/StoreChangelogReaderTest.java b/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/StoreChangelogReaderTest.java
index fbd0db99a0dc..8f4d6b85df39 100644
--- a/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/StoreChangelogReaderTest.java
+++ b/streams/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/streams/processor/internals/StoreChangelogReaderTest.java
@@ -396,7 +396,12 @@ public void shouldRestoreFromPositionAndCheckForCompletion() {
     public void shouldRestoreFromBeginningAndCheckCompletion() {
         final TaskId taskId = new TaskId(0, 0);
 
-        EasyMock.expect(storeMetadata.offset()).andReturn(null).andReturn(9L).anyTimes();
+        // adding another null return to handle debug log where offset is printed.
+        if (type == STANDBY) {
+            EasyMock.expect(storeMetadata.offset()).andReturn(null).andReturn(null).andReturn(9L).anyTimes();
+        } else {
+            EasyMock.expect(storeMetadata.offset()).andReturn(null).andReturn(9L).anyTimes();
+        }
         EasyMock.expect(stateManager.changelogOffsets()).andReturn(singletonMap(tp, 5L));
         EasyMock.expect(stateManager.taskId()).andReturn(taskId).anyTimes();
         EasyMock.replay(stateManager, storeMetadata, store);
diff --git a/streams/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/streams/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
index b7e1fb2d60ea..c3f42a7c3ecc 100644
--- a/streams/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/streams/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka.clients=ERROR
 # These are the only logs we will likely ever find anything useful in to debug Streams test failures
 log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka.clients.consumer=INFO
 log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka.clients.producer=INFO
-log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka.streams=INFO
+log4j.logger.org.apache.kafka.streams=DEBUG
 
 # printing out the configs takes up a huge amount of the allotted characters,
 # and provides little value as we can always figure out the test configs without the logs