diff --git a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
index 5a7ede0cba8..426b8b486be 100644
--- a/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
+++ b/mysql-test/mysql-test-run.sh
@@ -947,7 +947,7 @@ start_ndbcluster()
     else
       NDBCLUSTER_EXTRA_OPTS="--small"
     fi
-    ./ndb/ndbcluster $NDBCLUSTER_OPTS $NDBCLUSTER_EXTRA_OPTS --diskless --initial || exit 1
+    ./ndb/ndbcluster $NDBCLUSTER_OPTS $NDBCLUSTER_EXTRA_OPTS --initial || exit 1
     NDB_CONNECTSTRING="host=localhost:$NDBCLUSTER_PORT"
   else
     NDB_CONNECTSTRING="$USE_RUNNING_NDBCLUSTER"