diff --git a/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
index e2567f70df672f969f9f7415d55392a1098736f0..2bdb509f9f29692895e4f464c35819bde6917e48 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
@@ -1473,7 +1473,7 @@ test_36() { # 12743
 run_test 36 "df report consistency on OSTs with different block size"
 
 test_37() {
-	[ -n "$CLIENTONLY" ] && skip "client only testing" && return 0
+	[ -n "$CLIENTONLY" -o -n "$CLIENTMODSONLY" ] && skip "client only testing" && return 0
 	LOCAL_MDSDEV="$TMP/mdt.img"
 	SYM_MDSDEV="$TMP/sym_mdt.img"