diff --git a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
index 5e3a524bc86a22d0d188458a0683798e291aae42..cc4e39bbbf65dca1b31523b9884903ddc92d42df 100644
--- a/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
+++ b/tests/qemu-iotests/common.rc
@@ -113,7 +113,8 @@ _make_test_img()
 	sed -e "s# table_size=0##g" | \
 	sed -e "s# compat='[^']*'##g" | \
 	sed -e "s# compat6=off##g" | \
-	sed -e "s# static=off##g"
+	sed -e "s# static=off##g" | \
+	sed -e "s# lazy_refcounts=off##g"
 }
 
 _cleanup_test_img()