diff --git a/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/upgrade/3-upgrade/simple.yaml b/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/upgrade/3-upgrade/simple.yaml
index ac93a456cb6b3..5da510cb56349 100644
--- a/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/upgrade/3-upgrade/simple.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/upgrade/3-upgrade/simple.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 overrides:
   ceph:
+    log-ignorelist:
+      - CEPHADM_STRAY_DAEMON
     log-only-match:
       - CEPHADM_
 tasks:
diff --git a/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/upgrade/3-upgrade/staggered.yaml b/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/upgrade/3-upgrade/staggered.yaml
index f1fd9f039bb8f..c78d3b4c2935b 100644
--- a/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/upgrade/3-upgrade/staggered.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/upgrade/3-upgrade/staggered.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 overrides:
   ceph:
+    log-ignorelist:
+      - CEPHADM_STRAY_DAEMON
     log-only-match:
       - CEPHADM_
 tasks: