diff --git a/docs/tools/virtiofsd.rst b/docs/tools/virtiofsd.rst
index 824e713491..2cfdfd9ba2 100644
--- a/docs/tools/virtiofsd.rst
+++ b/docs/tools/virtiofsd.rst
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ Options
     Disable racy fallback.  The default is false.
 
   * posix_lock|no_posix_lock -
-    Enable/disable remote POSIX locks.  The default is ``posix_lock``.
+    Enable/disable remote POSIX locks.  The default is ``no_posix_lock``.
 
   * readdirplus|no_readdirplus -
     Enable/disable readdirplus.  The default is ``readdirplus``.
diff --git a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
index 63d1d00565..a9feb90fd0 100644
--- a/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
+++ b/tools/virtiofsd/passthrough_ll.c
@@ -2823,7 +2823,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     struct lo_data lo = {
         .debug = 0,
         .writeback = 0,
-        .posix_lock = 1,
+        .posix_lock = 0,
         .proc_self_fd = -1,
     };
     struct lo_map_elem *root_elem;