diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/nvme/nvme_object.py b/src/tests/ftest/nvme/nvme_object.py
index 247c2a7f1cc..e6d920136d7 100755
--- a/src/tests/ftest/nvme/nvme_object.py
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/nvme/nvme_object.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 import threading
 import avocado
+import time
 
 from pydaos.raw import DaosApiError
 from test_utils_pool import TestPool
@@ -194,6 +195,7 @@ def test_nvme_object_multiple_pools(self):
         threads = []
         index = 0
         for size in self.pool_size[:-1]:
+            time.sleep(1)
             thread = threading.Thread(target=test_runner,
                                       args=(self, size, self.record_size,
                                             index, self.array_size))
diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/nvme/nvme_object.yaml b/src/tests/ftest/nvme/nvme_object.yaml
index 49af33e6da4..9df3568af2d 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/nvme/nvme_object.yaml
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/nvme/nvme_object.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ server_config:
   servers:
     bdev_class: nvme
     bdev_list: ["0000:81:00.0","0000:da:00.0"]
+    scm_class: dcpm
+    scm_list: ["/dev/pmem0"]
   transport_config:
     allow_insecure: True
 agent_config:
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ pool:
   createset:
     group: daos_server
   createsize:
-    scm_size: 1000000000
+    scm_size: 4000000000
     size:
       - 20000000000
       - 100000000000