diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 47bf9369b452..af95f49794f0 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ def restart(self) -> None:
         self.check_ready_status_and_init_db()
 
     def runcmd(self, cmd: str, include_stderr=True) -> Tuple[int, str]:
-        res = self.ctn.exec_run(cmd)
+        res = self.ctn.exec_run(cmd, stdout=True, stderr=include_stderr)
         exitcode = res.exit_code
         out = res.output.decode("utf-8")
 
diff --git a/tests/test_storm_control.py b/tests/test_storm_control.py
index 76deef926878..ec4da04917e0 100644
--- a/tests/test_storm_control.py
+++ b/tests/test_storm_control.py
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ def test_warm_restart_all_interfaces(self,dvs,testlog):
         dvs.warm_restart_swss("true")
 
         # freeze orchagent for warm restart
-        (exitcode, result) = dvs.runcmd("/usr/bin/orchagent_restart_check")
+        (exitcode, result) = dvs.runcmd("/usr/bin/orchagent_restart_check", include_stderr=False)
         assert result == "RESTARTCHECK succeeded\n"
         time.sleep(2)