diff --git a/core/src/dird/consolidate.cc b/core/src/dird/consolidate.cc
index 1d57443750d..123ea2295b0 100644
--- a/core/src/dird/consolidate.cc
+++ b/core/src/dird/consolidate.cc
@@ -68,9 +68,10 @@ static inline void StartNewConsolidationJob(JobControlRecord* jcr,
   ua->batch = true;
   Mmsg(ua->cmd,
        "run job=\"%s\" jobid=%s level=VirtualFull priority=%d accurate=%s "
-       "allowmixedpriority=%s",
+       "spooldata=%s allowmixedpriority=%s",
        jobname, jcr->dir_impl->vf_jobids, jcr->JobPriority,
-       jcr->accurate ? "yes" : "no", jcr->allow_mixed_priority ? "yes" : "no");
+       jcr->accurate ? "yes" : "no", jcr->dir_impl->spool_data ? "yes" : "no",
+       jcr->allow_mixed_priority ? "yes" : "no");
 
   Dmsg1(debuglevel, "=============== consolidate cmd=%s\n", ua->cmd);
   ParseUaArgs(ua); /* parse command */
diff --git a/core/src/dird/ua_run.cc b/core/src/dird/ua_run.cc
index 6f6882b66c3..d7cc2752272 100644
--- a/core/src/dird/ua_run.cc
+++ b/core/src/dird/ua_run.cc
@@ -992,8 +992,8 @@ static bool ResetRestoreContext(UaContext* ua,
     jcr->dir_impl->IgnoreDuplicateJobChecking = rc.ignoreduplicatecheck;
   }
 
-  // Used by consolidate jobs to make spawned virtualfulls inherit the
-  // AllowMixedPriority flag
+  /* Used by consolidate jobs to make spawned virtualfulls inherit the
+   * AllowMixedPriority flag */
   if (rc.allow_mixed_priority_set) {
     jcr->allow_mixed_priority = rc.allow_mixed_priority;
   }
diff --git a/systemtests/tests/always-incremental-consolidate/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/job/Consolidate-lower-priority.conf b/systemtests/tests/always-incremental-consolidate/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/job/Consolidate-lower-priority.conf
index d6519cb051e..41cd7396200 100644
--- a/systemtests/tests/always-incremental-consolidate/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/job/Consolidate-lower-priority.conf
+++ b/systemtests/tests/always-incremental-consolidate/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/job/Consolidate-lower-priority.conf
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ Job {
     Cancel Running Duplicates = no
 	Allow Mixed Priority = yes
 	Priority = 20
+	Spool Data = no
 }
diff --git a/systemtests/tests/always-incremental-consolidate/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/job/backup-bareos-fd-high-priority.conf.in b/systemtests/tests/always-incremental-consolidate/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/job/backup-bareos-fd-high-priority.conf.in
index 1d8edd6d736..563571426fe 100644
--- a/systemtests/tests/always-incremental-consolidate/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/job/backup-bareos-fd-high-priority.conf.in
+++ b/systemtests/tests/always-incremental-consolidate/etc/bareos/bareos-dir.d/job/backup-bareos-fd-high-priority.conf.in
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ Job {
   AlwaysIncrementalMaxFullAge = 1 seconds
   Allow Mixed Priority = no
   Priority = 10
+  Spool Data = yes  # Enabling spooling to test consolidate Spool Data = no override
   Run Script {
     Command = "sleep 5"
     Runs When = Before
diff --git a/systemtests/tests/always-incremental-consolidate/testrunner b/systemtests/tests/always-incremental-consolidate/testrunner
index 9a1174f2458..22448132377 100755
--- a/systemtests/tests/always-incremental-consolidate/testrunner
+++ b/systemtests/tests/always-incremental-consolidate/testrunner
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ wait job=$JobNameLowPriority
 messages
 @$out $tmp/priorities1.out
 list jobs
-@$out /dev/null
+@$out $tmp/spooling.out
 wait
 messages
 @$out $tmp/priorities2.out
@@ -234,4 +234,8 @@ expect_grep "|.*26.*|.*${JobNameHighPriority}.*|.*T.*|" \
             "$tmp"/priorities2.out \
             "spawned low priority consolidate job was not successful."
 
+expect_not_grep "Spooling data" \
+                "$tmp"/spooling.out \
+                "spawned low priority consolidate job is spooling unexpectedly."
+
 end_test