diff --git a/lustre/tests/test-framework.sh b/lustre/tests/test-framework.sh
index dc711299c0d2bfd9ef44ddcbacdf4507994d71c8..5ccd82601f13711392fbcc05d6c2d369907406c1 100644
--- a/lustre/tests/test-framework.sh
+++ b/lustre/tests/test-framework.sh
@@ -219,9 +219,10 @@ load_modules() {
     load_module ../libcfs/libcfs/libcfs
     [ "$PTLDEBUG" ] && lctl set_param debug=$PTLDEBUG
     [ "$SUBSYSTEM" ] && lctl set_param subsystem_debug=${SUBSYSTEM# }
+    local MODPROBECONF=
     [ -f /etc/modprobe.conf ] && MODPROBECONF=/etc/modprobe.conf
-    [ -f /etc/modprobe.d/Lustre ] && MODPROBECONF=/etc/modprobe.d/Lustre
-    [ -z "$LNETOPTS" -a -n "$MODPROBECONF" ] && \
+    [ ! "$MODPROBECONF" -a -d /etc/modprobe.d ] && MODPROBECONF=/etc/modprobe.d/Lustre
+    [ -z "$LNETOPTS" -a "$MODPROBECONF" ] && \
         LNETOPTS=$(awk '/^options lnet/ { print $0}' $MODPROBECONF | sed 's/^options lnet //g')
     echo $LNETOPTS | grep -q "accept=all"  || LNETOPTS="$LNETOPTS accept=all";
     echo "lnet options: '$LNETOPTS'"