Index: pacemaker-2.1.9+20241118.394d77ec98/python/pacemaker/_cts/audits.py
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--- pacemaker-2.1.9+20241118.394d77ec98.orig/python/pacemaker/_cts/audits.py
+++ pacemaker-2.1.9+20241118.394d77ec98/python/pacemaker/_cts/audits.py
@@ -82,13 +82,9 @@ class LogAudit(ClusterAudit):
 
         for node in nodes:
             if self._cm.env["have_systemd"]:
-                (rc, _) = self._cm.rsh(node, "systemctl stop systemd-journald.socket")
+                (rc, _) = self._cm.rsh(node, "systemctl restart systemd-journald.socket")
                 if rc != 0:
-                    self._cm.log("ERROR: Cannot stop 'systemd-journald' on %s" % node)
-
-                (rc, _) = self._cm.rsh(node, "systemctl start systemd-journald.service")
-                if rc != 0:
-                    self._cm.log("ERROR: Cannot start 'systemd-journald' on %s" % node)
+                    self._cm.log("ERROR: Cannot restart 'systemd-journald' on %s" % node)
 
             if "syslogd" in self._cm.env:
                 (rc, _) = self._cm.rsh(node, "service %s restart" % self._cm.env["syslogd"])