diff --git a/src/tests/ftest/checksum/csum_error_logging.py b/src/tests/ftest/checksum/csum_error_logging.py
index 567f81e9702..a3430fbe801 100644
--- a/src/tests/ftest/checksum/csum_error_logging.py
+++ b/src/tests/ftest/checksum/csum_error_logging.py
@@ -1,102 +1,61 @@
 """
   (C) Copyright 2020-2024 Intel Corporation.
+  (C) Copyright 2026 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
 
   SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause-Patent
 """
 
 from avocado import fail_on
 from daos_core_base import DaosCoreBase
-from dmg_utils import get_dmg_smd_info
 from exception_utils import CommandFailure
-from general_utils import get_log_file
+from general_utils import get_host_data, get_journalctl_command, journalctl_time
 
 
 class CsumErrorLog(DaosCoreBase):
     """
-    Test Class Description: This test runs
-    daos_test -z (Checksum tests) and verifies
-    whether Checksum Error Counters are incremented
-    in the NVME device due to checksum fault injection.
+    Test Class Description: Test checksum error logging.
+
     :avocado: recursive
     """
-    # pylint: disable=too-many-instance-attributes
 
     @fail_on(CommandFailure)
-    def get_checksum_error_value(self, dmg, device_id):
-        """Get checksum error value from dmg storage_query_list_devices with health.
+    def get_checksum_error_value(self, t_start, t_end):
+        """Query journalctl logs and count checksum error occurrences.
 
         Args:
-            dmg (DmgCommand): the DmgCommand object used to call storage_query_list_devices()
-            device_id (str): Device UUID.
+            t_start (str): The start time for the journalctl query.
+            t_end (str): The end time for the journalctl query.
 
         Returns:
-            int: the number of checksum errors on the device
+            int: the number of checksum errors found
         """
-        info = get_dmg_smd_info(dmg.storage_query_list_devices, 'devices', uuid=device_id,
-                                health=True)
-        for devices in info.values():
-            for device in devices:
-                try:
-                    if device['uuid'] == device_id:
-                        return device['ctrlr']['health_stats']['checksum_errs']
-                except KeyError as error:
-                    self.fail(
-                        'Error parsing dmg storage query list-devices --health output: {}'.format(
-                            error))
-        return 0
+        cmd = get_journalctl_command(t_start, t_end, system=True, units="daos_server")
+        results = get_host_data(self.hostlist_servers, cmd, text="journalctl",
+                                error="Error gathering system log events")
+        self.log.debug(results)
+        str_to_match = "CSUM error"
+        occurrence = 0
+        for host_result in results:
+            occurrence += host_result["data"].count(str_to_match)
+        return occurrence
 
     @fail_on(CommandFailure)
     def test_csum_error_logging(self):
-        """Jira ID: DAOS-3927.
+        """Jira ID: DAOS-3927, DAOS-18881.
 
-        Test Description: Write Avocado Test to verify single data after
-                          pool/container disconnect/reconnect.
+        Test Description: Inject checksum errors using daos_test -z and verify that the errors are
+                          logged in the system journal.
 
         :avocado: tags=all,daily_regression
         :avocado: tags=hw,medium
         :avocado: tags=checksum,faults,daos_test
         :avocado: tags=CsumErrorLog,test_csum_error_logging
         """
-        self.log_step('Detecting server devices (dmg storage query list-devices)')
-        test_run = False
-        dmg = self.get_dmg_command()
-        dmg.hostlist = self.hostlist_servers[0]
-        host_devices = get_dmg_smd_info(dmg.storage_query_list_devices, 'devices')
-        for host, devices in host_devices.items():
-            for device in devices:
-                for entry in ('uuid', 'tgt_ids', 'role_bits'):
-                    if entry not in device:
-                        self.fail(
-                            'Missing {} info from dmg storage query list devices'.format(entry))
-                self.log.info(
-                    'Host %s device: uuid=%s, targets=%s, role_bits=%s',
-                    host, device['uuid'], device['tgt_ids'], device['role_bits'])
-                if not device['tgt_ids']:
-                    self.log_step('Skipping device without targets on {}'.format(device['uuid']))
-                    continue
-                if (int(device['role_bits']) > 0) and not int(device['role_bits']) & 1:
-                    self.log_step(
-                        'Skipping {} device without data on {}'.format(
-                            device['role_bits'], device['uuid']))
-                    continue
-                if not device['uuid']:
-                    self.fail('Device uuid undefined')
-                self.log_step(
-                    'Get checksum errors before running the test (dmg storage query list-devices '
-                    '--health)')
-                check_sum = self.get_checksum_error_value(dmg, device['uuid'])
-                dmg.copy_certificates(get_log_file("daosCA/certs"), self.hostlist_clients)
-                dmg.copy_configuration(self.hostlist_clients)
-                self.log.info("Checksum Errors before: %d", check_sum)
-                self.log_step('Run the test (daos_test -z)')
-                self.run_subtest()
-                test_run = True
-                self.log_step(
-                    'Get checksum errors after running the test (dmg storage query list-devices '
-                    '--health)')
-                check_sum_latest = self.get_checksum_error_value(dmg, device['uuid'])
-                self.log.info('Checksum Errors after:  %d', check_sum_latest)
-                self.assertTrue(check_sum_latest > check_sum, 'Checksum Error Log not incremented')
-        if not test_run:
-            self.fail('No tests run for the devices found')
-        self.log_step('Test Passed')
+        t_start = journalctl_time()
+        self.log_step('Run the test (daos_test -z)')
+        self.run_subtest()
+        t_end = journalctl_time()
+        self.log_step('Check checksum error logs')
+        checksum_errs = self.get_checksum_error_value(t_start, t_end)
+        self.log.info('Checksum Errors reported:  %d', checksum_errs)
+        self.assertGreater(checksum_errs, 0, 'Checksum Errors not detected')