diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/apache2 b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/apache2
index 3932c274825..58ddb4dede5 100644
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/apache2
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/apache2
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
        rotate 3
        compress
        dateext
-       size 10M
+       maxsize 10M
        notifempty
 }
diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud
index 3fedd5e32ec..8bda52cfdf5 100644
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/cloud
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
 # specific language governing permissions and limitations
 # under the License.
 /var/log/cloud.log {
-        rotate 4
-        size 10M
+        rotate 10
+        maxsize 10M
         missingok
         notifempty
         compress
diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/conntrackd b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/conntrackd
index 1c37c4c80d5..8b5ff6639d6 100644
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/conntrackd
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/conntrackd
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /var/log/conntrackd-stats.log {
-    size 10M
+    maxsize 10M
     rotate 2
     missingok
     compress
diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/dnsmasq b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/dnsmasq
index 99815d856f8..8a797e98d2f 100644
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/dnsmasq
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/dnsmasq
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /var/log/dnsmasq.log {
-    size 10M
+    maxsize 10M
     missingok
     rotate 5
     notifempty
diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/haproxy b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/haproxy
index 28da41c2ede..464209791a3 100644
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/haproxy
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/haproxy
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
     rotate 5
     missingok
     notifempty
-    size 10M
+    maxsize 10M
     postrotate
       /bin/kill -HUP `cat /var/run/rsyslog.pid 2> /dev/null` 2> /dev/null || true
     endscript
diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/ppp b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/ppp
index 624b4aed25e..ce02c174e56 100644
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/ppp
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/ppp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /var/log/ppp-connect-errors {
-	size 10M
+	maxsize 10M
 	rotate 5
 	missingok
 	notifempty
diff --git a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog
index 5a104b3e52b..9291494481e 100644
--- a/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog
+++ b/systemvm/patches/debian/config/etc/logrotate.d/rsyslog
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 /var/log/syslog
 {
 	rotate 7
-	size 50M
+	maxsize 10M
 	missingok
 	notifempty
-	delaycompress
 	compress
 	postrotate
 		/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null
@@ -25,11 +24,10 @@
 /var/log/messages
 {
 	rotate 10
-	size 50M
+	maxsize 10M
 	missingok
 	notifempty
 	compress
-	delaycompress
 	sharedscripts
 	postrotate
 		/usr/sbin/invoke-rc.d rsyslog rotate > /dev/null