diff --git a/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh b/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
index d36a22ca7c80b1939c8831ac95b4bc64d5b0d21f..37cf74c40e4f78abe5081a86bfb50c86f6cf7737 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/conf-sanity.sh
@@ -1187,7 +1187,7 @@ test_33() { # bug 12333
         local fs2mdsdev=${fs2mds_DEV:-${MDSDEV}_2}
         local fs2ostdev=${fs2ost_DEV:-$(ostdevname 1)_2}
         add fs2mds $MDS_MKFS_OPTS --fsname=${FSNAME2} --reformat $fs2mdsdev || exit 10
-        add fs2ost $OST_MKFS_OPTS --fsname=${FSNAME2} --index=8191 --mgsnode=`hostname`@tcp --reformat $fs2ostdev || exit 10
+        add fs2ost $OST_MKFS_OPTS --fsname=${FSNAME2} --index=8191 --mgsnode=$MGSNID --reformat $fs2ostdev || exit 10
 
         start fs2mds $fs2mdsdev $MDS_MOUNT_OPTS
         start fs2ost $fs2ostdev $OST_MOUNT_OPTS