diff --git a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_os.c b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_os.c
index 2ff8f4a0f..414641ddb 100644
--- a/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_os.c
+++ b/qla2x00t-32gbit/qla_os.c
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ module_param(ql2xloginretrycount, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ql2xloginretrycount,
 		"Specify an alternate value for the NVRAM login retry count.");
 
-int ql2xallocfwdump = 1;
+int ql2xallocfwdump = 0;
 module_param(ql2xallocfwdump, int, S_IRUGO);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(ql2xallocfwdump,
 		"Option to enable allocation of memory for a firmware dump "