diff --git a/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/thrash/1-start.yaml b/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/thrash/1-start.yaml
index e6ed4eb6fe414..0967bc2efc9cf 100644
--- a/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/thrash/1-start.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/thrash/1-start.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 overrides:
   ceph:
     log-ignorelist:
-    - \(CEPHADM_STRAY_DAEMON\)
+    - CEPHADM_STRAY_DAEMON
     log-only-match:
       - CEPHADM_
 tasks:
diff --git a/qa/suites/rados/basic/tasks/rados_api_tests.yaml b/qa/suites/rados/basic/tasks/rados_api_tests.yaml
index 9446bc828d39d..7eee15202cca4 100644
--- a/qa/suites/rados/basic/tasks/rados_api_tests.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/rados/basic/tasks/rados_api_tests.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ overrides:
     - \(POOL_APP_NOT_ENABLED\)
     - \(PG_AVAILABILITY\)
     - \(PG_DEGRADED\)
-    - \(CEPHADM_STRAY_DAEMON\)
+    - CEPHADM_STRAY_DAEMON
     conf:
       client:
         debug ms: 1