diff --git a/src/yb/tablet/operations/snapshot_operation.cc b/src/yb/tablet/operations/snapshot_operation.cc
index 71dfb9cc3fc7..249ef2e2d328 100644
--- a/src/yb/tablet/operations/snapshot_operation.cc
+++ b/src/yb/tablet/operations/snapshot_operation.cc
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
 
 using std::string;
 
-DEFINE_UNKNOWN_bool(consistent_restore, false,
-    "Whether to enable consistent restoration of snapshots");
+DEFINE_UNKNOWN_bool(
+    consistent_restore, true, "Whether to enable consistent restoration of snapshots");
 
 DEFINE_test_flag(bool, modify_flushed_frontier_snapshot_op, true,
                  "Whether to modify flushed frontier after "
diff --git a/src/yb/tools/yb-admin-snapshot-schedule-test.cc b/src/yb/tools/yb-admin-snapshot-schedule-test.cc
index 3bba2fe180c9..4102cae33abb 100644
--- a/src/yb/tools/yb-admin-snapshot-schedule-test.cc
+++ b/src/yb/tools/yb-admin-snapshot-schedule-test.cc
@@ -3223,9 +3223,7 @@ void YbAdminSnapshotScheduleTest::TestGCHiddenTables() {
 
 class YbAdminSnapshotConsistentRestoreTest : public YbAdminSnapshotScheduleTest {
  public:
-  virtual std::vector<std::string> ExtraTSFlags() {
-    return { "--consistent_restore=true", "--TEST_tablet_delay_restore_ms=0" };
-  }
+  virtual std::vector<std::string> ExtraTSFlags() { return {"--TEST_tablet_delay_restore_ms=0"}; }
 };
 
 Status WaitWrites(int num, std::atomic<int>* current) {
@@ -3490,10 +3488,6 @@ TEST_F_EX(YbAdminSnapshotScheduleTest, DDLsDuringRestore, YbAdminSnapshotConsist
 
 class YbAdminSnapshotConsistentRestoreFailoverTest : public YbAdminSnapshotScheduleTest {
  public:
-  std::vector<std::string> ExtraTSFlags() override {
-    return { "--consistent_restore=true" };
-  }
-
   std::vector<std::string> ExtraMasterFlags() override {
     return { "--TEST_skip_sending_restore_finished=true" };
   }