diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
index 1a83c01ea8f6..dada31661872 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/utils/qemurunner.py
@@ -575,7 +575,7 @@ class QemuRunner:
                 if errs:
                     self.logger.info("Stderr from runqemu:\n%s", errs.decode("utf-8"))
             except subprocess.TimeoutExpired:
-                self.logger.debug("Sending SIGKILL to runqemu")
+                self.logger.info("Sending SIGKILL to runqemu")
                 os.killpg(os.getpgid(self.runqemu.pid), signal.SIGKILL)
             if not self.runqemu.stdout.closed:
                 self.logger.info("Output from runqemu:\n%s" % getOutput(self.runqemu.stdout))