diff --git a/testcases/smbtorture/test_smbtorture.py b/testcases/smbtorture/test_smbtorture.py
index f501d48..42b6d34 100755
--- a/testcases/smbtorture/test_smbtorture.py
+++ b/testcases/smbtorture/test_smbtorture.py
@@ -21,10 +21,10 @@
 test_info = testhelper.read_yaml(test_info_file)
 
 
-def flapping_file(backend: str, variant: str = "") -> str:
+def flapping_file(backend: str, share_name: str) -> str:
     file = "flapping." + backend
-    if variant and variant != "default":
-        file_variant = f"{file}-{variant}"
+    if "vfs" in share_name:
+        file_variant = f"{file}-vfs"
         if os.path.exists(os.path.join(selftest_dir, file_variant)):
             return file_variant
     if os.path.exists(os.path.join(selftest_dir, file)):
@@ -62,9 +62,8 @@ def smbtorture(share_name: str, test: str, tmp_output: Path) -> bool:
     flapping_list = ["flapping", "flapping.d"]
     share = testhelper.get_share(test_info, share_name)
     test_backend = share["backend"].get("name")
-    test_backend_variant = share["backend"].get("variant")
     if test_backend is not None:
-        file = flapping_file(test_backend, test_backend_variant)
+        file = flapping_file(test_backend, share_name)
         if file is not None:
             flapping_list.append(file)
     for filter in flapping_list: