diff --git a/suites/rgw/singleton/all/radosgw-admin-data-sync.yaml b/suites/rgw/singleton/all/radosgw-admin-data-sync.yaml
index 52cf4e7ab4e..33322b1dafa 100644
--- a/suites/rgw/singleton/all/radosgw-admin-data-sync.yaml
+++ b/suites/rgw/singleton/all/radosgw-admin-data-sync.yaml
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@ tasks:
       max-entries: 10
       src: client.0
       dest: client.1
+- sleep:
+    duration: 30
 - radosgw-admin:
diff --git a/tasks/radosgw_admin.py b/tasks/radosgw_admin.py
index 45ee0759d99..6c598154436 100644
--- a/tasks/radosgw_admin.py
+++ b/tasks/radosgw_admin.py
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ def task(ctx, config):
             (err2, out2) = rgwadmin(ctx, dest_client,
                 ['metadata', 'get', 'bucket:{bucket_name}'.format(bucket_name=bucket_name2)],
                 check_status=True)
+            log.debug('metadata 1 %r', out1)
+            log.debug('metadata 2 %r', out2)
             assert out1 == out2
 
             # get the bucket.instance info and compare that