diff --git a/src/common/kernel/xmlreader.c b/src/common/kernel/xmlreader.c
index 78d7b76ae..24910d5f6 100644
--- a/src/common/kernel/xmlreader.c
+++ b/src/common/kernel/xmlreader.c
@@ -857,7 +857,7 @@ parse_resources(xmlDocPtr doc)
 
     if (xml_bvalue(node, "pooled", true)) flags |= RTF_POOLED;
     if (xml_bvalue(node, "limited", false)) flags |= RTF_LIMITED;
-    if (xml_bvalue(node, "sneak", true)) flags |= RTF_SNEAK;
+    if (xml_bvalue(node, "sneak", false)) flags |= RTF_SNEAK;
 
     name = xmlGetProp(node, BAD_CAST "name");
     appearance = xmlGetProp(node, BAD_CAST "appearance");