diff --git a/kmod/src/counters.h b/kmod/src/counters.h
index c6d38775..c2bfa89f 100644
--- a/kmod/src/counters.h
+++ b/kmod/src/counters.h
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@
 	EXPAND_COUNTER(lock_shrink_work)			\
 	EXPAND_COUNTER(lock_unlock)				\
 	EXPAND_COUNTER(lock_wait)				\
+	EXPAND_COUNTER(log_merge_no_finalized)			\
 	EXPAND_COUNTER(log_merge_wait_timeout)			\
 	EXPAND_COUNTER(net_dropped_response)			\
 	EXPAND_COUNTER(net_send_bytes)				\
@@ -182,6 +183,7 @@
 	EXPAND_COUNTER(quorum_send_vote)			\
 	EXPAND_COUNTER(quorum_server_shutdown)			\
 	EXPAND_COUNTER(quorum_term_follower)			\
+	EXPAND_COUNTER(reclaimed_open_logs)			\
 	EXPAND_COUNTER(server_commit_hold)			\
 	EXPAND_COUNTER(server_commit_queue)			\
 	EXPAND_COUNTER(server_commit_worker)			\
diff --git a/kmod/src/server.c b/kmod/src/server.c
index cd978d27..4c9de90f 100644
--- a/kmod/src/server.c
+++ b/kmod/src/server.c
@@ -1256,6 +1256,7 @@ static int finalize_and_start_log_merge(struct super_block *sb, struct scoutfs_l
 		/* done if we're not finalizing and there's no finalized */
 		if (!finalize_ours && !saw_finalized) {
 			ret = 0;
+			scoutfs_inc_counter(sb, log_merge_no_finalized);
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -1889,6 +1890,9 @@ static int reclaim_open_log_tree(struct super_block *sb, u64 rid)
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&server->logs_mutex);
 
+	if (ret == 0)
+		scoutfs_inc_counter(sb, reclaimed_open_logs);
+
 	if (ret < 0 && ret != -EINPROGRESS)
 		scoutfs_err(sb, "server error %d reclaiming log trees for rid %016llx: %s",
 			    ret, rid, err_str);
diff --git a/tests/tests/orphan-inodes.sh b/tests/tests/orphan-inodes.sh
index fd0d1d75..2bfddacc 100644
--- a/tests/tests/orphan-inodes.sh
+++ b/tests/tests/orphan-inodes.sh
@@ -67,6 +67,21 @@ t_mount_all
 while test -d $(echo /sys/fs/scoutfs/*/fence/* | cut -d " " -f 1); do
 	sleep .5
 done
+
+
+sv=$(t_server_nr)
+
+# wait for reclaim_open_log_tree() to complete for each mount
+while [ $(t_counter reclaimed_open_logs $sv) -lt $T_NR_MOUNTS ]; do
+	sleep 1
+done
+
+# wait for finalize_and_start_log_merge() to find no active merges in flight
+# and not find any finalized trees
+while [ $(t_counter log_merge_no_finalized $sv) -lt 1 ]; do
+	sleep 1
+done
+
 # wait for orphan scans to run
 t_set_all_sysfs_mount_options orphan_scan_delay_ms 1000
 # wait until we see two consecutive orphan scan attempts without