diff --git a/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp b/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp
index 079f108dc..ab5932bd7 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_Thread.cpp
@@ -1362,7 +1362,11 @@ MySQL_Threads_Handler::MySQL_Threads_Handler() {
 	variables.ping_timeout_server=200;
 	variables.fast_forward_grace_close_ms=5000;
 #ifdef PROXYSQLFFTO
+#ifdef PROXYSQLGENAI
 	variables.ffto_enabled=true;
+#else
+	variables.ffto_enabled=false;
+#endif
 	variables.ffto_max_buffer_size=1048576;
 #endif
 	variables.default_schema=strdup((char *)"information_schema");
diff --git a/lib/PgSQL_Thread.cpp b/lib/PgSQL_Thread.cpp
index 23e279305..91f6c98d4 100644
--- a/lib/PgSQL_Thread.cpp
+++ b/lib/PgSQL_Thread.cpp
@@ -1039,7 +1039,11 @@ PgSQL_Threads_Handler::PgSQL_Threads_Handler() {
 	variables.shun_on_failures = 5;
 	variables.shun_recovery_time_sec = 10;
 #ifdef PROXYSQLFFTO
+#ifdef PROXYSQLGENAI
 	variables.ffto_enabled = true;
+#else
+	variables.ffto_enabled = false;
+#endif
 	variables.ffto_max_buffer_size = 1048576;
 #endif
 	variables.unshun_algorithm = 0;