diff --git a/go/flags/endtoend/flags_test.go b/go/flags/endtoend/flags_test.go
index 775b570f394..b920ed424a2 100644
--- a/go/flags/endtoend/flags_test.go
+++ b/go/flags/endtoend/flags_test.go
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ max_rate_approach_threshold: 0.9
   --unhealthy_threshold duration
 	replication lag after which a replica is considered unhealthy (default 2h0m0s)
   --use_super_read_only
-	Set super_read_only flag when performing planned failover. (default true)
+	Set super_read_only flag when performing planned failover. (default false)
   --v value
 	log level for V logs
   --version
diff --git a/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_replication.go b/go/vt/vttablet/tabletmanager/rpc_replication.go
index bc71df46c5e..cdf8cd56d0f 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