diff --git a/qa/workunits/cephtool/test.sh b/qa/workunits/cephtool/test.sh
index e97f9a13d43..51d8bd7c7bc 100755
--- a/qa/workunits/cephtool/test.sh
+++ b/qa/workunits/cephtool/test.sh
@@ -2186,6 +2186,7 @@ function test_mon_osd_pool_set()
   check_response 'not change the size'
   set -e
   ceph osd pool get pool_erasure erasure_code_profile
+  ceph osd pool rm pool_erasure pool_erasure --yes-i-really-really-mean-it
 
   for flag in nodelete nopgchange nosizechange write_fadvise_dontneed noscrub nodeep-scrub; do
       ceph osd pool set $TEST_POOL_GETSET $flag false