diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_replication.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_replication.go
index 3e75d6c8d11..6d061caa89a 100644
--- a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_replication.go
+++ b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_replication.go
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	enableSemiSync   = flag.Bool("enable_semi_sync", false, "Enable semi-sync when configuring replication, on primary and replica tablets only (rdonly tablets will not ack).")
-	setSuperReadOnly = flag.Bool("use_super_read_only", true, "Set super_read_only flag when performing planned failover.")
+	setSuperReadOnly = flag.Bool("use_super_read_only", false, "Set super_read_only flag when performing planned failover.")
 )
 
 // ReplicationStatus returns the replication status