diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py b/test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py
index dc04696114..f11a3dd893 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/p2p.py
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ class P2PConnection(asyncio.Protocol):
         # send the initial handshake immediately
         if self.supports_v2_p2p and self.v2_state.initiating and not self.v2_state.tried_v2_handshake:
             send_handshake_bytes = self.v2_state.initiate_v2_handshake()
+            logger.debug(f"sending {len(self.v2_state.sent_garbage)} bytes of garbage data")
             self.send_raw_message(send_handshake_bytes)
         # for v1 outbound connections, send version message immediately after opening
         # (for v2 outbound connections, send it after the initial v2 handshake)
@@ -262,6 +263,7 @@ class P2PConnection(asyncio.Protocol):
                     self.v2_state = None
                     return
                 elif send_handshake_bytes:
+                    logger.debug(f"sending {len(self.v2_state.sent_garbage)} bytes of garbage data")
                     self.send_raw_message(send_handshake_bytes)
                 elif send_handshake_bytes == b"":
                     return  # only after send_handshake_bytes are sent can `complete_handshake()` be done
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/v2_p2p.py b/test/functional/test_framework/v2_p2p.py
index 8f79623bd8..8b061fcd61 100644
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/v2_p2p.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/v2_p2p.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 # file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php.
 """Class for v2 P2P protocol (see BIP 324)"""
 
-import logging
 import random
 
 from .crypto.bip324_cipher import FSChaCha20Poly1305
@@ -14,7 +13,6 @@ from .crypto.hkdf import hkdf_sha256
 from .key import TaggedHash
 from .messages import MAGIC_BYTES
 
-logger = logging.getLogger("TestFramework.v2_p2p")
 
 CHACHA20POLY1305_EXPANSION = 16
 HEADER_LEN = 1
@@ -116,7 +114,6 @@ class EncryptedP2PState:
         self.privkey_ours, self.ellswift_ours = ellswift_create()
         garbage_len = random.randrange(MAX_GARBAGE_LEN + 1)
         self.sent_garbage = random.randbytes(garbage_len)
-        logger.debug(f"sending {garbage_len} bytes of garbage data")
         return self.ellswift_ours + self.sent_garbage
 
     def initiate_v2_handshake(self):