diff --git a/tests/btrfs/012 b/tests/btrfs/012
index de901499..f7e5da5c 100755
--- a/tests/btrfs/012
+++ b/tests/btrfs/012
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ _require_command $E2FSCK_PROG e2fsck
 rm -f $seqres.full
 
 # Create & populate an ext4 filesystem
-$MKFS_EXT4_PROG -b 4096 $SCRATCH_DEV > $seqres.full 2>&1 || \
+$MKFS_EXT4_PROG -F -b 4096 $SCRATCH_DEV > $seqres.full 2>&1 || \
 	_notrun "Could not create ext4 filesystem"
 # Manual mount so we don't use -t btrfs or selinux context
 mount -t ext4 $SCRATCH_DEV $SCRATCH_MNT