diff --git a/004 b/004
index 9f1be873..65e8a1de 100755
--- a/004
+++ b/004
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ _populate_scratch()
 
 _need_to_be_root
 _require_scratch
+_require_nobigloopfs
 
 # real QA test starts here
 rm -f $seq.full