diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/claiminfo_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/claiminfo_test.go
index 67f34b5ef62..71d77086278 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/claiminfo_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/cm/dra/claiminfo_test.go
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/ktesting/initoption"
 )
 
+// Some of these tests capture log output. Don't reduce the verbosity or they will fail!
+func init() {
+	ktesting.SetDefaultVerbosity(5)
+}
+
 // ClaimInfo test cases
 
 const (
diff --git a/pkg/kubelet/watchdog/watchdog_linux_test.go b/pkg/kubelet/watchdog/watchdog_linux_test.go
index 39ab8dc6508..f45258d1909 100644
--- a/pkg/kubelet/watchdog/watchdog_linux_test.go
+++ b/pkg/kubelet/watchdog/watchdog_linux_test.go
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/ktesting/initoption"
 )
 
+// Some of these tests capture log output. Don't reduce the verbosity or they will fail!
+func init() {
+	ktesting.SetDefaultVerbosity(5)
+}
+
 // Mock syncLoopHealthChecker
 type mockSyncLoopHealthChecker struct {
 	healthCheckErr error
diff --git a/test/utils/ktesting/ktesting.go b/test/utils/ktesting/ktesting.go
index fc15f809759..486a2023360 100644
--- a/test/utils/ktesting/ktesting.go
+++ b/test/utils/ktesting/ktesting.go
@@ -27,12 +27,6 @@ import (
 	_ "k8s.io/component-base/logs/testinit"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	// This is a good default for unit tests. Benchmarks should add their own
-	// init function or TestMain to lower the default, for example to 2.
-	SetDefaultVerbosity(5)
-}
-
 // SetDefaultVerbosity can be called during init to modify the default
 // log verbosity of the program.
 //