diff --git a/qa/suites/rados/thrash/d-balancer/crush-compat.yaml b/qa/suites/rados/thrash/d-balancer/crush-compat.yaml
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+++ b/qa/suites/rados/thrash/d-balancer/crush-compat.yaml
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+tasks:
+- exec:
+    mon.a:
+      - ceph mgr module enable balancer
+      - while ! ceph balancer status ; do sleep 1 ; done
+      - ceph balancer mode crush-compat
+      - ceph balancer on
diff --git a/qa/suites/rados/thrash/d-balancer/off.yaml b/qa/suites/rados/thrash/d-balancer/off.yaml
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diff --git a/qa/suites/rados/thrash/d-balancer/upmap.yaml b/qa/suites/rados/thrash/d-balancer/upmap.yaml
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+++ b/qa/suites/rados/thrash/d-balancer/upmap.yaml
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+tasks:
+- exec:
+    mon.a:
+      - ceph mgr module enable balancer
+      - while ! ceph balancer status ; do sleep 1 ; done
+      - ceph balancer mode upmap
+      - ceph balancer on