diff --git a/bin/tests/system/kasp.sh b/bin/tests/system/kasp.sh
index bc8cc9e0f5..4177f20802 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/kasp.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/kasp.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ SHA256="R16NojROxtxH/xbDl//ehDsHm5DjWTQ2YXV+hGC2iBY="
 VIEW1="YPfMoAk6h+3iN8MDRQC004iSNHY="
 VIEW2="4xILSZQnuO1UKubXHkYUsvBRPu8="
 VIEW3="C1Azf+gGPMmxrUg/WQINP6eV9Y0="
+MINDEPTH=1
+MAXDEPTH=3
 
 ###############################################################################
 # Key properties                                                              #
@@ -179,7 +181,7 @@ get_keyids() {
   _zone=$2
   _regex="K${_zone}.+*+*.key"
 
-  find "${_dir}" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 3 -name "${_regex}" | sed "s,.*/K${_zone}.+\([0-9]\{3\}\)+\([0-9]\{5\}\).key,\2,"
+  find "${_dir}" -mindepth $MINDEPTH -maxdepth $MAXDEPTH -name "${_regex}" | sed "s,.*/K${_zone}.+\([0-9]\{3\}\)+\([0-9]\{5\}\).key,\2,"
 }
 
 # By default log errors and don't quit immediately.
diff --git a/bin/tests/system/kasp/tests.sh b/bin/tests/system/kasp/tests.sh
index 3c2484cc4d..c95c607a5f 100644
--- a/bin/tests/system/kasp/tests.sh
+++ b/bin/tests/system/kasp/tests.sh
@@ -142,7 +142,11 @@ key_clear "KEY4"
 $KEYGEN -G -k "$POLICY" "$ZONE" >"keygen.out.$POLICY.test$n" 2>/dev/null || ret=1
 lines=$(wc -l <"keygen.out.$POLICY.test$n")
 test "$lines" -eq $NUM_KEYS || log_error "wrong number of keys created for policy default: $lines"
+# Temporarily adjust max search depth for this test
+MAXDEPTH=1
 ids=$(get_keyids "$DIR" "$ZONE")
+MAXDEPTH=3
+echo_i "found in dir $DIR for zone $ZONE the following keytags: $ids"
 for id in $ids; do
   check_key "KEY1" "$id"
   test "$ret" -eq 0 && key_save KEY1