diff --git a/vm/devices/support/fs/fuse/src/session.rs b/vm/devices/support/fs/fuse/src/session.rs
index 20896f26ed..6857f38750 100644
--- a/vm/devices/support/fs/fuse/src/session.rs
+++ b/vm/devices/support/fs/fuse/src/session.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ const DEFAULT_FLAGS: u32 = FUSE_ASYNC_READ
     | FUSE_ASYNC_DIO
     | FUSE_ATOMIC_O_TRUNC
     | FUSE_BIG_WRITES
+    | FUSE_MAX_PAGES
     | FUSE_INIT_EXT;
 
 // Default flags2 to negotiate when FUSE_INIT_EXT is supported.