diff --git a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/failover/FailoverTransport.java b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/failover/FailoverTransport.java
index e7688a5cf6..f1a8baa498 100755
--- a/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/failover/FailoverTransport.java
+++ b/activemq-core/src/main/java/org/apache/activemq/transport/failover/FailoverTransport.java
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ public class FailoverTransport implements CompositeTransport {
     private boolean backup=false;
     private List<BackupTransport> backups=new CopyOnWriteArrayList<BackupTransport>();
     private int backupPoolSize=1;
-    private boolean trackMessages = true;
+    private boolean trackMessages = false;
     private int maxCacheSize = 128 * 1024;