diff --git a/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
index 3d9b26fad50142251e360ea58c18bb6b3a87e6e8..77c3ed1ed7cd1f3ebf2fc602ff98c11ae13be22d 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@ MOUNTCONFSKIP="10 11 12 13 13b 14 15"
 # bug number for skipped test: 13739 
 HEAD_EXCEPT="                  32a 32b "
 
-# bug number for skipped test:                                  14731 12743 
-ALWAYS_EXCEPT=" $CONF_SANITY_EXCEPT $MOUNTCONFSKIP $HEAD_EXCEPT 33a   36    "
+# bug number for skipped test:                                  14731
+ALWAYS_EXCEPT=" $CONF_SANITY_EXCEPT $MOUNTCONFSKIP $HEAD_EXCEPT 33a"
 # UPDATE THE COMMENT ABOVE WITH BUG NUMBERS WHEN CHANGING ALWAYS_EXCEPT!
 
 SRCDIR=`dirname $0`
@@ -1386,14 +1386,16 @@ test_36() { # 12743
         fi
         [ $OSTCOUNT -lt 2 ] && skip "skipping test for single OST" && return
 
-        [ $(lctl get_param -n devices  | grep -c obdfilter) -eq 0 ] &&
-                skip "skipping test for remote OST" && return
+	[ "$ost_HOST" = "`hostname`" -o "$ost1_HOST" = "`hostname`" ] || \
+		{ skip "remote OST" && return 0; }
 
         local fs2mdsdev=${fs2mds_DEV:-${MDSDEV}_2}
         local fs2ostdev=${fs2ost_DEV:-$(ostdevname 1)_2}
         local fs3ostdev=${fs3ost_DEV:-$(ostdevname 2)_2}
         add fs2mds $MDS_MKFS_OPTS --fsname=${FSNAME2} --reformat $fs2mdsdev || exit 10
-        add fs2ost $OST_MKFS_OPTS --mkfsoptions='-b1024' --fsname=${FSNAME2} --mgsnode=$MGSNID --reformat $fs2ostdev || exit 10
+        # XXX after we support non 4K disk blocksize, change following --mkfsoptions with
+        # other argument
+        add fs2ost $OST_MKFS_OPTS --mkfsoptions='-b4096' --fsname=${FSNAME2} --mgsnode=$MGSNID --reformat $fs2ostdev || exit 10
         add fs3ost $OST_MKFS_OPTS --mkfsoptions='-b4096' --fsname=${FSNAME2} --mgsnode=$MGSNID --reformat $fs3ostdev || exit 10
 
         start fs2mds $fs2mdsdev $MDS_MOUNT_OPTS