diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity-quota.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity-quota.sh
index 1c5e159d509517a8e1fea77de9245dd2f79056b2..4979ff242c1fc66f9081877281e4f74f7bdcae3f 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity-quota.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity-quota.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SRCDIR=`dirname $0`
 export PATH=$PWD/$SRCDIR:$SRCDIR:$PWD/$SRCDIR/../utils:$PATH:/sbin
 
 ONLY=${ONLY:-"$*"}
-ALWAYS_EXCEPT=${ALWAYS_EXCEPT:-""}
+ALWAYS_EXCEPT="$SANITY_QUOTA_EXCEPT"
 # UPDATE THE COMMENT ABOVE WITH BUG NUMBERS WHEN CHANGING ALWAYS_EXCEPT!
 
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diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
index b4fe708e3eaebd9e5d278f9de8cf3ba22dede51a..2164adbfe1cf2489f0029feec5513f2193507634 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ set -e
 
 ONLY=${ONLY:-"$*"}
 # bug number for skipped test: 4900 4900 2108 9789 3637 9789 3561 5188/5749 13310 10764
-ALWAYS_EXCEPT=${ALWAYS_EXCEPT:-"27o 27q  42a  42b  42c  42d  45   68        74b   75"}
+ALWAYS_EXCEPT="                 27o 27q  42a  42b  42c  42d  45   68        74b   75 $SANITY_EXCEPT"
 # UPDATE THE COMMENT ABOVE WITH BUG NUMBERS WHEN CHANGING ALWAYS_EXCEPT!
 
 [ "$SLOW" = "no" ] && EXCEPT="$EXCEPT 24o 27m 36f 36g 51b 51c 60c 63 64b 71 73 101 103 115 120g"
diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanityN.sh b/lustre/tests/sanityN.sh
index a5343d4c80fb2d52ee812d55eed7bfb366176057..57277c87a08835be7cf7d036260d8f8ab1dbc8fc 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/sanityN.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/sanityN.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ set -e
 
 ONLY=${ONLY:-"$*"}
 # bug number for skipped test:  3192
-ALWAYS_EXCEPT=${ALWAYS_EXCEPT:-"14b $SANITYN_EXCEPT"}
+ALWAYS_EXCEPT="14b $SANITYN_EXCEPT"
 # UPDATE THE COMMENT ABOVE WITH BUG NUMBERS WHEN CHANGING ALWAYS_EXCEPT!
 
 [ "$SLOW" = "no" ] && EXCEPT="$EXCEPT 16"