diff --git a/114 b/114
index 05e0730e..4e8e459b 100755
--- a/114
+++ b/114
@@ -431,9 +431,11 @@ _require_scratch
 rm -f $here/$seq.full
 
 echo "mkfs"
-export MKFS_OPTIONS="$MKFS_OPTIONS -i paths=1"
 _scratch_mkfs_xfs >>$here/$seq.full 2>&1 \
     || _fail "mkfs scratch failed"
+export MKFS_OPTIONS="$MKFS_OPTIONS -i paths=1"
+_scratch_mkfs_xfs >>$here/$seq.full 2>&1 \
+    || _notrun "i_paths not supported"
 
 echo "mount"
 _scratch_mount >>$here/$seq.full 2>&1 \
diff --git a/115 b/115
index 7802d7a6..34838773 100755
--- a/115
+++ b/115
@@ -118,9 +118,11 @@ _require_scratch
 rm -f $here/$seq.full
 
 echo "mkfs"
-export MKFS_OPTIONS="$MKFS_OPTIONS -i paths=1"
 _scratch_mkfs_xfs >>$here/$seq.full 2>&1 \
     || _fail "mkfs scratch failed"
+export MKFS_OPTIONS="$MKFS_OPTIONS -i paths=1"
+_scratch_mkfs_xfs >>$here/$seq.full 2>&1 \
+    || _notrun "i_paths not supported"
 
 echo "mount"
 _scratch_mount >>$here/$seq.full 2>&1 \