diff --git a/lustre/liblustre/super.c b/lustre/liblustre/super.c
index cd190b24ce047090543c999cca2b30147737b263..f3cd039190e5e53278dddb52e4de1c679ceb73e5 100644
--- a/lustre/liblustre/super.c
+++ b/lustre/liblustre/super.c
@@ -1947,7 +1947,7 @@ llu_fsswop_mount(const char *source,
                            sizeof(async), &async, NULL);
 
         ocd.ocd_connect_flags = OBD_CONNECT_IBITS | OBD_CONNECT_VERSION |
-                OBD_CONNECT_AT;
+                                OBD_CONNECT_AT | OBD_CONNECT_VBR;
 #ifdef LIBLUSTRE_POSIX_ACL
         ocd.ocd_connect_flags |= OBD_CONNECT_ACL;
 #endif