diff --git a/nixos/tests/lvm2/thinpool.nix b/nixos/tests/lvm2/thinpool.nix
index 82c6460a890a..14781a8a6045 100644
--- a/nixos/tests/lvm2/thinpool.nix
+++ b/nixos/tests/lvm2/thinpool.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { kernelPackages ? null }:
-import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
+import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
   name = "lvm2-thinpool";
   meta.maintainers = with pkgs.lib.maintainers; [ ajs124 ];
 
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@ import ../make-test-python.nix ({ pkgs, ... }: {
     boot = lib.mkIf (kernelPackages != null) { inherit kernelPackages; };
   };
 
-  testScript = ''
+  testScript = let
+    mkXfsFlags = lib.optionalString (lib.versionOlder kernelPackages.kernel.version "5.10") "-m bigtime=0 -m inobtcount=0";
+  in ''
     machine.succeed("vgcreate test_vg /dev/vdb")
     machine.succeed("lvcreate -L 512M -T test_vg/test_thin_pool")
     machine.succeed("lvcreate -n test_lv -V 16G --thinpool test_thin_pool test_vg")
-    machine.succeed("mkfs.xfs /dev/test_vg/test_lv")
+    machine.succeed("mkfs.xfs ${mkXfsFlags} /dev/test_vg/test_lv")
     machine.succeed("mkdir /mnt; mount /dev/test_vg/test_lv /mnt")
     assert "/dev/mapper/test_vg-test_lv" == machine.succeed("findmnt -no SOURCE /mnt").strip()
     machine.succeed("dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/empty.file bs=1M count=1024")