diff --git a/suites/kernel/basic/tasks/kclient_workunit_misc.yaml b/suites/kernel/basic/tasks/kclient_workunit_misc.yaml
index 1613cb1c0fe..252620fed50 100644
--- a/suites/kernel/basic/tasks/kclient_workunit_misc.yaml
+++ b/suites/kernel/basic/tasks/kclient_workunit_misc.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ tasks:
 - ceph:
     conf:
       mds:
-        debug mds: 10
+        debug mds: 20
         debug ms: 1
 - kclient:
 - workunit: