diff --git a/ansible/roles/test/files/tools/loganalyzer/loganalyzer_common_ignore.txt b/ansible/roles/test/files/tools/loganalyzer/loganalyzer_common_ignore.txt
index 69df461b967..9664680cd4b 100644
--- a/ansible/roles/test/files/tools/loganalyzer/loganalyzer_common_ignore.txt
+++ b/ansible/roles/test/files/tools/loganalyzer/loganalyzer_common_ignore.txt
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ r, ".* ERR syncd\d*#syncd.*SAI_API_UNSPECIFIED:sai_bulk_object_get_stats.*"
 r, ".* ERROR: Failed to parse lldp age.*"
 
 # NTPsec always expects the statistics directory to be available, but for now, we don't need NTP stats to be logged
-r, ".* ERR ntpd.*: statistics directory .* does not exist or is unwriteable, error No such file or directory"
+r, ".* ERR ntpd.*: statistics directory .* does not exist or is unwriteable.*"
 
 # NTPsec logs a message with ERR in it at NOTICE level when exiting gracefully, ignore it
 r, ".* NOTICE ntpd.*: ERR: ntpd exiting on signal 15.*"