diff --git a/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
index cc0ed116056118c1a959741891f948ba614df833..bc3b4674f2481070b5e624744501de7071b2d3da 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
@@ -1075,6 +1075,7 @@ test_32a() {
 	echo "ok."
 
 	cleanup_nocli
+	load_modules
 
         # mount a second time to make sure we didnt leave upgrade flag on
         $TUNEFS --dryrun $TMP/$tdir/mds || error "tunefs failed"