diff --git a/qa/tasks/cephfs/test_mirroring.py b/qa/tasks/cephfs/test_mirroring.py
index dbe6dfb1fa7..1f305643d33 100644
--- a/qa/tasks/cephfs/test_mirroring.py
+++ b/qa/tasks/cephfs/test_mirroring.py
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ class TestMirroring(CephFSTestCase):
         self.mount_a.run_shell(["mkdir", "d0"])
         for i in range(100):
             filename = f'file.{i}'
-            self.mount_a.write_n_mb(os.path.join('d0', filename), 1024)
+            self.mount_a.write_n_mb(os.path.join('d0', filename), 100)
 
         self.enable_mirroring(self.primary_fs_name, self.primary_fs_id)
         self.add_directory(self.primary_fs_name, self.primary_fs_id, '/d0')
@@ -1637,6 +1637,7 @@ class TestMirroring(CephFSTestCase):
                                     peer_spec, f'/{dir_name}', snap_b, expected_snap_count)
         self.verify_snapshot(dir_name, snap_a)
         self.verify_snapshot(dir_name, snap_b)
+        self.remove_directory(self.primary_fs_name, self.primary_fs_id, f'/{dir_name}')
         self.disable_mirroring(self.primary_fs_name, self.primary_fs_id)
 
     def test_cephfs_mirror_multithread_snapshot_starvation(self):