diff --git a/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
index 9357c70d276991ca50561d5903027bb88f6d7cbe..e2567f70df672f969f9f7415d55392a1098736f0 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
@@ -1473,6 +1473,7 @@ test_36() { # 12743
 run_test 36 "df report consistency on OSTs with different block size"
 
 test_37() {
+	[ -n "$CLIENTONLY" ] && skip "client only testing" && return 0
 	LOCAL_MDSDEV="$TMP/mdt.img"
 	SYM_MDSDEV="$TMP/sym_mdt.img"