diff --git a/tensorflow/python/data/ops/options.py b/tensorflow/python/data/ops/options.py
index bfc870c6af4f9d642112439da40abbeef3aabaeb..ef6727516f48fc1ae5e02e8a26772ba0b4b11530 100644
--- a/tensorflow/python/data/ops/options.py
+++ b/tensorflow/python/data/ops/options.py
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ class Options(options_lib.OptionsBase):
           "the expense of requiring more memory to hold prefetched elements "
           "between the time of iterator construction and usage."
       ),
-      default_factory=lambda: True if test_mode.TEST_MODE else False,
+      default_factory=lambda: True if test_mode.TEST_MODE else None,
   )
 
   threading = options_lib.create_option(