diff --git a/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/smoke-roleless/2-services/nvmeof.yaml b/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/smoke-roleless/2-services/nvmeof.yaml
index 8509fcc14e3..0c6cc944571 100644
--- a/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/smoke-roleless/2-services/nvmeof.yaml
+++ b/qa/suites/orch/cephadm/smoke-roleless/2-services/nvmeof.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ tasks:
     host.a:
       - ceph osd pool create foo
       - rbd pool init foo
-      - ceph orch apply nvmeof foo default
+      - ceph orch apply nvmeof --pool foo --group default
 - cephadm.wait_for_service:
     service: nvmeof.foo.default