diff --git a/qa/suites/rgw/verify/validater/valgrind.yaml b/qa/suites/rgw/verify/validater/valgrind.yaml
index 5397cd9142a..90669e7ab50 100644
--- a/qa/suites/rgw/verify/validater/valgrind.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/rgw/verify/validater/valgrind.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ overrides:
       mon:
         mon osd crush smoke test: false
     valgrind:
-      mon: [--tool=memcheck, --leak-check=full, --show-reachable=yes]
       osd: [--tool=memcheck]
       mds: [--tool=memcheck]
+# http://tracker.ceph.com/issues/38827
+#      mon: [--tool=memcheck, --leak-check=full, --show-reachable=yes]
 # https://tracker.ceph.com/issues/38621
 #      mgr: [--tool=memcheck]