diff --git a/044 b/044
index 1ece61e5..ddb98fb6 100755
--- a/044
+++ b/044
@@ -125,7 +125,9 @@ _require_scratch
 echo -e -n "\n\r*** XFS QA 044 - expect mount failure messages\n\r\n\r" >/dev/console
 
 echo "*** mkfs"
-mkfs_xfs -llogdev=$SCRATCH_LOGDEV,size=4096b $SCRATCH_DEV | _filter_mkfs 2>/dev/null
+lsize=16777216
+ldev=$SCRATCH_LOGDEV
+mkfs_xfs -llogdev=$ldev,size=$lsize $SCRATCH_DEV | _filter_mkfs 2>/dev/null
 _check_mount
 _check_require_logdev