diff --git a/tests/rptest/services/cluster.py b/tests/rptest/services/cluster.py
index 7ac89ea10f51d..e39b3d84b88bc 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/services/cluster.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/services/cluster.py
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ def _do_post_test_checks(
                 f"Test {status_str}, doing failure checks on {redpanda.who_am_i()}..."
             )
 
+            redpanda.export_cluster_config()
+
             if not test_failed and check_allowed_error_logs:
                 # Only do log inspections on tests that are otherwise
                 # successful.  This executes *before* the end-of-test
@@ -155,8 +157,6 @@ def _do_post_test_checks(
                         redpanda.cloud_storage_diagnostics()
                     raise
 
-            redpanda.export_cluster_config()
-
             if isinstance(redpanda, RedpandaService):
                 if test_failed:
                     redpanda.cloud_storage_diagnostics()
diff --git a/tests/rptest/tests/audit_log_test.py b/tests/rptest/tests/audit_log_test.py
index d21ebe1d73453..787dd82b83272 100644
--- a/tests/rptest/tests/audit_log_test.py
+++ b/tests/rptest/tests/audit_log_test.py
@@ -2019,6 +2019,8 @@ def __init__(self, test_context):
         log_allow_list=[
             r"Failed to append authentication event to audit log",
             r"Failed to audit.*",
+            # This comes from logging the cluster configuration at the post-ops of the test"
+            r"modify or view cluster configuration was not audited due to audit queues being full.*",
         ],
     )
     @matrix(audit_transport_mode=get_audit_modes())
@@ -2071,6 +2073,8 @@ def __init__(self, test_context):
             r"Failed to append authentication event to audit log",
             r"Failed to audit.*",
             r"Failed to enqueue mTLS authentication event - audit log system error",
+            # This comes from logging the cluster configuration at the post-ops of the test"
+            r"modify or view cluster configuration was not audited due to audit queues being full.*",
         ],
     )
     @matrix(audit_transport_mode=get_audit_modes())