diff --git a/sysctl.d/50-default.conf b/sysctl.d/50-default.conf
index 5279c17092..f41e24bcbc 100644
--- a/sysctl.d/50-default.conf
+++ b/sysctl.d/50-default.conf
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ net.ipv4.conf.*.promote_secondaries = 1
 -net.ipv4.ping_group_range = 0 2147483647
 
 # Fair Queue CoDel packet scheduler to fight bufferbloat
-net.core.default_qdisc = fq_codel
+-net.core.default_qdisc = fq_codel
 
 # Enable hard and soft link protection
 fs.protected_hardlinks = 1