diff --git a/tasks/ceph_manager.py b/tasks/ceph_manager.py
index 9c95a002c57..dd36f83d650 100644
--- a/tasks/ceph_manager.py
+++ b/tasks/ceph_manager.py
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ class Thrasher:
         allremotes = self.ceph_manager.ctx.cluster.only(teuthology.is_type('osd')).remotes.keys()
         allremotes = list(set(allremotes))
         for remote in allremotes:
-            proc = remote.run(args=['type', cmd], check_status=False, stdout=StringIO(), stderr=StringIO())
+            proc = remote.run(args=['type', cmd], wait=True, check_status=False, stdout=StringIO(), stderr=StringIO())
             if proc.exitstatus != 0:
                 return False;
         return True;
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ class Thrasher:
             else:
                 prefix = "sudo ceph-objectstore-tool --data-path {fpath} --journal-path {jpath} --log-file=/var/log/ceph/objectstore_tool.\\$pid.log ".format(fpath=FSPATH, jpath=JPATH)
             cmd = (prefix + "--op list-pgs").format(id=exp_osd)
-            proc = exp_remote.run(args=cmd, wait=True, check_status=True, stdout=StringIO())
+            proc = exp_remote.run(args=cmd, wait=True, check_status=False, stdout=StringIO())
             if proc.exitstatus:
                 raise Exception("ceph-objectstore-tool: exp list-pgs failure with status {ret}".format(ret=proc.exitstatus))
             pgs = proc.stdout.getvalue().split('\n')[:-1]
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ class Thrasher:
             if exp_osd != imp_osd:
                 # If pg isn't already on this osd, then we will move it there
                 cmd = (prefix + "--op list-pgs").format(id=imp_osd)
-                proc = imp_remote.run(args=cmd, wait=True, check_status=True, stdout=StringIO())
+                proc = imp_remote.run(args=cmd, wait=True, check_status=False, stdout=StringIO())
                 if proc.exitstatus:
                     raise Exception("ceph-objectstore-tool: imp list-pgs failure with status {ret}".format(ret=proc.exitstatus))
                 pgs = proc.stdout.getvalue().split('\n')[:-1]
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class Thrasher:
                     imp_remote = exp_remote
             # import
             cmd = (prefix + "--op import --file {file}").format(id=imp_osd, file=exp_path)
-            imp_remote.run(args=cmd)
+            proc = imp_remote.run(args=cmd, wait=True, check_status=False)
             if proc.exitstatus:
                 raise Exception("ceph-objectstore-tool: import failure with status {ret}".format(ret=proc.exitstatus))
             cmd = "rm -f {file}".format(file=exp_path)
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ class Thrasher:
             else:
                 prefix = "sudo ceph-objectstore-tool --data-path {fpath} --journal-path {jpath} ".format(fpath=FSPATH, jpath=JPATH)
             cmd = (prefix + "--op list-pgs").format(id=osd)
-            proc = remote.run(args=cmd, wait=True, check_status=True, stdout=StringIO())
+            proc = remote.run(args=cmd, wait=True, check_status=False, stdout=StringIO())
             if proc.exitstatus:
                 raise Exception("ceph_objectstore_tool: exp list-pgs failure with status {ret}".format(ret=proc.exitstatus))
             pgs = proc.stdout.getvalue().split('\n')[:-1]