diff --git a/tests/common/config_reload.py b/tests/common/config_reload.py
index 0a3bc7aa56e..2cb0c89abf2 100644
--- a/tests/common/config_reload.py
+++ b/tests/common/config_reload.py
@@ -14,8 +14,11 @@
 
 def config_system_checks_passed(duthost):
     logging.info("Checking if system is running")
-    out=duthost.shell("systemctl is-system-running")
-    if "running" not in out['stdout']:
+    out= duthost.shell("systemctl is-system-running", module_ignore_errors=True)
+    if "running" not in out['stdout_lines']:
+        logging.info("Checking failure reason")
+        fail_reason = duthost.shell("systemctl list-units --state=failed", module_ignore_errors=True)
+        logging.info(fail_reason['stdout_lines'])
         return False
 
     logging.info("Checking if Orchagent up for at least 2 min")