diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanityN.sh b/lustre/tests/sanityN.sh
index 23c4d9f5632c7dd1d37e58fd461a74d0bb109883..dbcb0c4e7ffd8ccefcb7f90b28dd4d83a6052903 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/sanityN.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanityN.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 set -e
 
 ONLY=${ONLY:-"$*"}
-# bug number for skipped test:  3192 12652
-ALWAYS_EXCEPT="                 14b  14c   $SANITYN_EXCEPT"
+# bug number for skipped test:  3192 12652  9977
+ALWAYS_EXCEPT="                 14b  14c    28   $SANITYN_EXCEPT"
 # UPDATE THE COMMENT ABOVE WITH BUG NUMBERS WHEN CHANGING ALWAYS_EXCEPT!
 
 # bug number for skipped test:                                                    12652 12652