diff --git a/qa/suites/rados/thrash/backoff/aggressive_peering.yaml b/qa/suites/rados/thrash/backoff/aggressive_peering.yaml
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+++ b/qa/suites/rados/thrash/backoff/aggressive_peering.yaml
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+overrides:
+  ceph:
+    conf:
+      osd:
+        osd peering aggressive backoff: true
diff --git a/qa/suites/rados/thrash/backoff/normal.yaml b/qa/suites/rados/thrash/backoff/normal.yaml
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diff --git a/qa/suites/rados/thrash/backoff/peering_and_recovery.yaml b/qa/suites/rados/thrash/backoff/peering_and_recovery.yaml
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+++ b/qa/suites/rados/thrash/backoff/peering_and_recovery.yaml
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+overrides:
+  ceph:
+    conf:
+      osd:
+        osd peering aggressive backoff: true
+        osd recovery aggressive backoff: true