diff --git a/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
index 7b95d20372e876bedade82ab8b01d224fd00c5fb..01e16f716b55201fe9aa3868a90e732136eff1fc 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
@@ -1458,6 +1458,7 @@ 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"