diff --git a/lustre/tests/cfg/local.sh b/lustre/tests/cfg/local.sh
index 00d5796c2b6cfa41e52952d70310d113c68fbc75..e1ccc00d04ee2f0abfc340a03af5713c7af4adbd 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/cfg/local.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/cfg/local.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ SUBSYSTEM=${SUBSYSTEM:- 0xffb7e3ff}
 L_GETGROUPS=${L_GETGROUPS:-`do_facet mds which l_getgroups || echo`}
 
 MKFSOPT=""
-MOUNTOPT=""
 [ "x$MDSJOURNALSIZE" != "x" ] &&
     MKFSOPT=$MKFSOPT" -J size=$MDSJOURNALSIZE"
 [ "x$MDSISIZE" != "x" ] &&
@@ -44,24 +43,23 @@ MOUNTOPT=""
 [ "x$MKFSOPT" != "x" ] &&
     MKFSOPT="--mkfsoptions=\\\"$MKFSOPT\\\""
 [ "x$mdsfailover_HOST" != "x" ] &&
-    MOUNTOPT=$MOUNTOPT" --failnode=`h2$NETTYPE $mdsfailover_HOST`"
+    MDSOPT=$MDSOPT" --failnode=`h2$NETTYPE $mdsfailover_HOST`"
 [ "x$STRIPE_BYTES" != "x" ] &&
-    MOUNTOPT=$MOUNTOPT" --param lov.stripesize=$STRIPE_BYTES"
+    MDSOPT=$MDSOPT" --param lov.stripesize=$STRIPE_BYTES"
 [ "x$STRIPES_PER_OBJ" != "x" ] &&
-    MOUNTOPT=$MOUNTOPT" --param lov.stripecount=$STRIPES_PER_OBJ"
+    MDSOPT=$MDSOPT" --param lov.stripecount=$STRIPES_PER_OBJ"
 [ "x$L_GETGROUPS" != "x" ] &&
-    MOUNTOPT=$MOUNTOPT" --param mdt.group_upcall=$L_GETGROUPS"
-MDS_MKFS_OPTS="--mgs --mdt --fsname=$FSNAME --device-size=$MDSSIZE --param sys.timeout=$TIMEOUT $MKFSOPT $MOUNTOPT $MDSOPT"
+    MDSOPT=$MDSOPT" --param mdt.group_upcall=$L_GETGROUPS"
+MDS_MKFS_OPTS="--mgs --mdt --fsname=$FSNAME --device-size=$MDSSIZE --param sys.timeout=$TIMEOUT $MKFSOPT $MDSOPT"
 
 MKFSOPT=""
-MOUNTOPT=""
 [ "x$OSTJOURNALSIZE" != "x" ] &&
     MKFSOPT=$MKFSOPT" -J size=$OSTJOURNALSIZE"
 [ "x$MKFSOPT" != "x" ] &&
     MKFSOPT="--mkfsoptions=\\\"$MKFSOPT\\\""
 [ "x$ostfailover_HOST" != "x" ] &&
-    MOUNTOPT=$MOUNTOPT" --failnode=`h2$NETTYPE $ostfailover_HOST`"
-OST_MKFS_OPTS="--ost --fsname=$FSNAME --device-size=$OSTSIZE --mgsnode=$MGSNID --param sys.timeout=$TIMEOUT $MKFSOPT $MOUNTOPT $OSTOPT"
+    OSTOPT=$OSTOPT" --failnode=`h2$NETTYPE $ostfailover_HOST`"
+OST_MKFS_OPTS="--ost --fsname=$FSNAME --device-size=$OSTSIZE --mgsnode=$MGSNID --param sys.timeout=$TIMEOUT $MKFSOPT $OSTOPT"
 
 MDS_MOUNT_OPTS=${MDS_MOUNT_OPTS:-"-o loop"}
 OST_MOUNT_OPTS=${OST_MOUNT_OPTS:-"-o loop"}