diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index f87dc01bb151..30f8599351db 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v8.8.1\...main[Check the HEAD diff]
 - Removed deprecated Sophos UTM from Beats. Use the https://docs.elastic.co/integrations/sophos[Sophos] Elastic integration instead. {pull}38037[38037]
 - Introduce input/netmetrics and refactor netflow input metrics {pull}38055[38055]
 - Update Salesforce module to use new Salesforce input. {pull}37509[37509]
-- Fix high IO and disrupted operation after sudden filebeat stop. {pull}35893[35893]
+- Fix high IO and handling of a corrupted registry log file. {pull}35893[35893]
 
 *Heartbeat*
 
diff --git a/libbeat/statestore/backend/memlog/store_test.go b/libbeat/statestore/backend/memlog/store_test.go
index 4128228db3c4..6746ec932dbd 100644
--- a/libbeat/statestore/backend/memlog/store_test.go
+++ b/libbeat/statestore/backend/memlog/store_test.go
@@ -19,21 +19,18 @@ package memlog
 
 import (
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
 	"testing"
 
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/logp"
 	"github.com/elastic/elastic-agent-libs/mapstr"
 )
 
-func init() {
-	logp.DevelopmentSetup()
-}
-
 func TestRecoverFromCorruption(t *testing.T) {
 	path := t.TempDir()
-	defer os.RemoveAll(path)
+	logp.DevelopmentSetup()
 
 	if err := copyPath(path, "testdata/1/logfile_incomplete/"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("Failed to copy test file to the temporary directory: %v", err)
@@ -42,13 +39,17 @@ func TestRecoverFromCorruption(t *testing.T) {
 	store, err := openStore(logp.NewLogger("test"), path, 0660, 4096, false, func(_ uint64) bool {
 		return false
 	})
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-
-	assert.Equal(t, true, store.disk.logInvalid)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "openStore must succeed")
+	require.True(t, store.disk.logInvalid, "expecting the log file to be invalid")
 
 	err = store.logOperation(&opSet{K: "key", V: mapstr.M{
 		"field": 42,
 	}})
-	assert.NoError(t, err)
-	assert.Equal(t, false, store.disk.logInvalid)
+	require.NoError(t, err, "logOperation must succeed")
+	require.Equal(t, false, store.disk.logInvalid, "log file must be valid")
+	require.FileExistsf(t, filepath.Join(path, "7.json"), "expecting the checkpoint file to have been created")
+
+	file, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(path, "log.json"))
+	require.NoError(t, err, "Stat on the log file must succeed")
+	require.Equal(t, int64(0), file.Size(), "expecting the log file to be truncated")
 }