diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
index 7d4f2ff8c4df6eb8d42010baafc06f885d8bef04..2c0d758ef692645a103851b5b15c2511fbab7335 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ setup() {
 	echo "done"
 }
 
+skip () {
+        log "$0: SKIP: $TESTNAME $@"
+        [ "$SANITYLOG" ] && echo "$0: SKIP: $TESTNAME $@" >> $SANITYLOG
+
+} 
+
 check_kernel_version() {
 	VERSION_FILE=$LPROC/version
 	WANT_VER=$1