diff --git a/device/testing/device-motorola-surnia/deviceinfo b/device/testing/device-motorola-surnia/deviceinfo
index 5af82d6f69157f2d8bd61336d87fec1996cd9f60..49ca82acbbad2acc38325633aa75e7437347333e 100644
--- a/device/testing/device-motorola-surnia/deviceinfo
+++ b/device/testing/device-motorola-surnia/deviceinfo
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@ deviceinfo_flash_offset_tags="0x00000100"
 deviceinfo_flash_pagesize="2048"
 
 
+deviceinfo_flash_sparse="true"