diff --git a/programs/discontig_bg_test/activate_discontig_bg.sh b/programs/discontig_bg_test/activate_discontig_bg.sh
index 5dab818..6b4e07f 100755
--- a/programs/discontig_bg_test/activate_discontig_bg.sh
+++ b/programs/discontig_bg_test/activate_discontig_bg.sh
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ TYPE=inode
 SLOTS=1
 JOURNALSIZE=0
 LABELNAME="ocfs2-discontig-bg-tests"
-MOUNT_OPTS="localalloc=0"
+MOUNT_OPTS=
 DEVICE=
 WORK_PLACE=