diff --git a/virtualizationmanager/src/aidl.rs b/virtualizationmanager/src/aidl.rs
index 278365c..22bea58 100644
--- a/virtualizationmanager/src/aidl.rs
+++ b/virtualizationmanager/src/aidl.rs
@@ -434,11 +434,7 @@
                 None
             };
 
-        let debug_level = match config {
-            VirtualMachineConfig::AppConfig(config) => config.debugLevel,
-            _ => DebugLevel::NONE,
-        };
-        let debug_config = DebugConfig::new(debug_level);
+        let debug_config = DebugConfig::new(config);
 
         let ramdump = if debug_config.is_ramdump_needed() {
             Some(prepare_ramdump_file(&temporary_directory)?)
diff --git a/virtualizationmanager/src/debug_config.rs b/virtualizationmanager/src/debug_config.rs
index bcf643b..39097e0 100644
--- a/virtualizationmanager/src/debug_config.rs
+++ b/virtualizationmanager/src/debug_config.rs
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@
 //! Functions for AVF debug policy and debug level
 
 use android_system_virtualizationservice::aidl::android::system::virtualizationservice::{
-    VirtualMachineAppConfig::DebugLevel::DebugLevel,
+    VirtualMachineAppConfig::DebugLevel::DebugLevel, VirtualMachineConfig::VirtualMachineConfig,
 };
 use anyhow::{anyhow, Context, Error, Result};
+use lazy_static::lazy_static;
+use libfdt::{Fdt, FdtError};
+use log::{info, warn};
+use rustutils::system_properties;
+use std::ffi::{CString, NulError};
 use std::fs;
 use std::io::ErrorKind;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
-use std::ffi::{CString, NulError};
-use log::{warn, info};
-use rustutils::system_properties;
-use libfdt::{Fdt, FdtError};
-use lazy_static::lazy_static;
 
 const CUSTOM_DEBUG_POLICY_OVERLAY_SYSPROP: &str =
     "hypervisor.virtualizationmanager.debug_policy.path";
@@ -156,7 +156,12 @@
 }
 
 impl DebugConfig {
-    pub fn new(debug_level: DebugLevel) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(config: &VirtualMachineConfig) -> Self {
+        let debug_level = match config {
+            VirtualMachineConfig::AppConfig(config) => config.debugLevel,
+            _ => DebugLevel::NONE,
+        };
+
         match system_properties::read(CUSTOM_DEBUG_POLICY_OVERLAY_SYSPROP).unwrap_or_default() {
             Some(path) if !path.is_empty() => {
                 match Self::from_custom_debug_overlay_policy(debug_level, Path::new(&path)) {
@@ -179,6 +184,11 @@
         }
 
         info!("Debug policy is disabled");
+        Self::new_with_debug_level(debug_level)
+    }
+
+    /// Creates a new DebugConfig with debug level. Only use this for test purpose.
+    pub fn new_with_debug_level(debug_level: DebugLevel) -> Self {
         Self {
             debug_level,
             debug_policy_log: false,
diff --git a/virtualizationmanager/src/payload.rs b/virtualizationmanager/src/payload.rs
index 05626d3..9d0c7d6 100644
--- a/virtualizationmanager/src/payload.rs
+++ b/virtualizationmanager/src/payload.rs
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@
             collect_apex_infos(
                 &apex_info_list,
                 &apex_configs,
-                &DebugConfig::new(DebugLevel::FULL)
+                &DebugConfig::new_with_debug_level(DebugLevel::FULL)
             )?,
             vec![
                 // Pass active/required APEXes
@@ -660,8 +660,11 @@
         };
         let apex_configs = vec![ApexConfig { name: "apex-vendor".to_string() }];
 
-        let ret =
-            collect_apex_infos(&apex_info_list, &apex_configs, &DebugConfig::new(DebugLevel::NONE));
+        let ret = collect_apex_infos(
+            &apex_info_list,
+            &apex_configs,
+            &DebugConfig::new_with_debug_level(DebugLevel::NONE),
+        );
         assert!(ret
             .is_err_and(|ret| ret.to_string()
                 == "Non-system APEX apex-vendor is not supported in Microdroid"));
@@ -687,7 +690,7 @@
             collect_apex_infos(
                 &apex_info_list,
                 &apex_configs,
-                &DebugConfig::new(DebugLevel::NONE)
+                &DebugConfig::new_with_debug_level(DebugLevel::NONE)
             )?,
             vec![&apex_info_list.list[0]]
         );