diff --git a/scripts/lib/mic/utils/partitionedfs.py b/scripts/lib/mic/utils/partitionedfs.py
index e8cded26e0..59263ba1a5 100644
--- a/scripts/lib/mic/utils/partitionedfs.py
+++ b/scripts/lib/mic/utils/partitionedfs.py
@@ -352,6 +352,16 @@ class PartitionedMount(Mount):
                 self.__run_parted(["-s", d['disk'].device, "set",
                                    "%d" % p['num'], flag_name, "on"])
 
+            # Parted defaults to enabling the lba flag for fat16 partitions,
+            # which causes compatibility issues with some firmware (and really
+            # isn't necessary).
+            if parted_fs_type == "fat16":
+                if d['ptable_format'] == 'msdos':
+                    msger.debug("Disable 'lba' flag for partition '%s' on disk '%s'" % \
+                                (p['num'], d['disk'].device))
+                    self.__run_parted(["-s", d['disk'].device, "set",
+                                       "%d" % p['num'], "lba", "off"])
+
         # If the partition table format is "gpt", find out PARTUUIDs for all
         # the partitions. And if users specified custom parition type UUIDs,
         # set them.