diff --git a/IGC/common/igc_flags.h b/IGC/common/igc_flags.h
index 16b9ae26da77..822da22df074 100644
--- a/IGC/common/igc_flags.h
+++ b/IGC/common/igc_flags.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ DECLARE_IGC_REGKEY(bool, DisableIRVerification,         false, "Setting this to
 DECLARE_IGC_REGKEY(bool, EnableJumpThreading,           true,  "Setting this to 1/true adds a compiler switch to enable llvm jumpThreading pass.", true)
 DECLARE_IGC_REGKEY(bool, DisableLoopUnroll,             false, "Setting this to 1/true adds a compiler switch to disable loop unrolling.", true)
 DECLARE_IGC_REGKEY(DWORD, RuntimeLoopUnrolling,         0, "Setting this to switch on/off runtime loop unrolling. 0: default (on), 1: force on, 2: force off", false)
-DECLARE_IGC_REGKEY(bool, EnableIndVarSimplification,    true, "Enables IndVarSimplification pass.", true)
+DECLARE_IGC_REGKEY(bool, EnableIndVarSimplification,    false, "Enables IndVarSimplification pass.", true)
 DECLARE_IGC_REGKEY(bool, DisableBranchSwaping,          false, "Setting this to 1/true adds a compiler switch to disable branch swapping.", false)
 DECLARE_IGC_REGKEY(bool, DisableSynchronizationObjectCoalescingPass, false, "Disable SynchronizationObjectCoalescing pass", false)
 DECLARE_IGC_REGKEY(bool, EnableIndependentSharedMemoryFenceFunctionality, false, "Enable treating global memory fences as shared memory fences in SynchronizationObjectCoalescing pass", false)
diff --git a/IGC/ocloc_tests/optimizations/IndVarSimplification.cl b/IGC/ocloc_tests/optimizations/IndVarSimplification.cl
index e471e92c3b27..e6b80da738fa 100644
--- a/IGC/ocloc_tests/optimizations/IndVarSimplification.cl
+++ b/IGC/ocloc_tests/optimizations/IndVarSimplification.cl
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 
 // REQUIRES: regkeys,pvc-supported,llvm-14-plus
 
-// RUN: ocloc compile -file %s -device pvc -options "-igc_opts 'PrintToConsole=1,PrintAfter=EmitPass'" 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
+// RUN: ocloc compile -file %s -device pvc -options "-igc_opts 'EnableIndVarSimplification=1,PrintToConsole=1,PrintAfter=EmitPass'" 2>&1 | FileCheck %s
 
 // CHECK-NOT: phi
 // CHECK: [[LOAD:%.*]] = load i32, i32 addrspace(1)* [[PTR:%.*]]