diff --git a/teuthology/task/internal.py b/teuthology/task/internal.py
index 742f6fd078..13b0c8a39f 100644
--- a/teuthology/task/internal.py
+++ b/teuthology/task/internal.py
@@ -752,6 +752,8 @@ def syslog(ctx, config):
                     run.Raw('|'),
                     'grep', '-v', 'DEBUG: fsize',  # xfs_fsr
                     run.Raw('|'),
+                    'grep', '-v', 'INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected', # sadly, there is an xfs vs vfs splice locking issue
+                    run.Raw('|'),
                     'grep', '-v', 'CRON',  # ignore cron noise
                     run.Raw('|'),
                     'grep', '-v', 'BUG: bad unlock balance detected',  # #6097