diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/file/SecondaryBTreeOperationsHelper.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/file/SecondaryBTreeOperationsHelper.java
index 6a6538e..c793f59 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/file/SecondaryBTreeOperationsHelper.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/file/SecondaryBTreeOperationsHelper.java
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
         if (dataset.getDatasetType() == DatasetType.INTERNAL) {
             //prepare a LocalResourceMetadata which will be stored in NC's local resource repository
             ILocalResourceMetadata localResourceMetadata = new LSMBTreeLocalResourceMetadata(secondaryTypeTraits,
-                    secondaryComparatorFactories, secondaryBloomFilterKeyFields, true, dataset.getDatasetId(),
+                    secondaryComparatorFactories, secondaryBloomFilterKeyFields, false, dataset.getDatasetId(),
                     mergePolicyFactory, mergePolicyFactoryProperties, filterTypeTraits, filterCmpFactories,
                     secondaryBTreeFields, secondaryFilterFields);
             localResourceFactoryProvider = new PersistentLocalResourceFactoryProvider(localResourceMetadata,