diff --git a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check
index cf1691589..2a86b9f2c 100755
--- a/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check
+++ b/salt/common/tools/sbin/so-log-check
@@ -241,6 +241,7 @@ exclude_log "mysqld.log"   # MySQL is removed as of 2.4.70, logs may still be on
 exclude_log "soctopus.log" # Soctopus is removed as of 2.4.70, logs may still be on disk
 exclude_log "agentstatus.log" # ignore this log since it tracks agents in error state
 exclude_log "detections_runtime-status_yara.log" # temporarily ignore this log until Detections is more stable
+exclude_log "/nsm/kafka/data/" # ignore Kafka data directory from log check.
 
 for log_file in $(cat /tmp/log_check_files); do
     status "Checking log file $log_file"