diff --git a/suites/rados/singleton/all/osd-recovery-incomplete.yaml b/suites/rados/singleton/all/osd-recovery-incomplete.yaml
index 5983b7ae29d..c7f053c40f3 100644
--- a/suites/rados/singleton/all/osd-recovery-incomplete.yaml
+++ b/suites/rados/singleton/all/osd-recovery-incomplete.yaml
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ tasks:
     conf:
       osd:
         osd min pg log entries: 5
+        osd_fast_fail_on_connection_refused: false
 - osd_recovery.test_incomplete_pgs:
diff --git a/suites/rados/singleton/all/osd-recovery.yaml b/suites/rados/singleton/all/osd-recovery.yaml
index 977fa630f2e..c86dc872067 100644
--- a/suites/rados/singleton/all/osd-recovery.yaml
+++ b/suites/rados/singleton/all/osd-recovery.yaml
@@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ tasks:
     conf:
       osd:
         osd min pg log entries: 5
+        osd_fast_fail_on_connection_refused: false
 - osd_recovery: