diff --git a/lustre/tests/sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/sanity.sh
index da28034aa4ea3f832cc5aa0bd55c7bcd25815b0f..9ec30ed2c93d10e83fda35e3550903788ced203f 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 12622 13310 10764
-ALWAYS_EXCEPT=${ALWAYS_EXCEPT:-"27o  27q  42a  42b  42c  42d  45  51d   74b   75"}
+ALWAYS_EXCEPT=${ALWAYS_EXCEPT:-"27o  27q  42a  42b  42c  42d  45  51d   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 68 71 73 101 103 115 120g"