diff --git a/lib/rucio/daemons/bb8/common.py b/lib/rucio/daemons/bb8/common.py
index a8fa833386..70d6e562bb 100644
--- a/lib/rucio/daemons/bb8/common.py
+++ b/lib/rucio/daemons/bb8/common.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
                     format='%(asctime)s\t%(process)d\t%(levelname)s\t%(message)s')
 
 
-def rebalance_rule(parent_rule, activity, rse_expression, priority, source_replica_expression=None, comment=None):
+def rebalance_rule(parent_rule, activity, rse_expression, priority, source_replica_expression='*\\bb8-enabled=false', comment=None):
     """
     Rebalance a replication rule to a new RSE
 
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ def select_target_rse(parent_rule, current_rse, rse_expression, subscription_id,
 
 
 @transactional_session
-def rebalance_rse(rse, max_bytes=1E9, max_files=None, dry_run=False, exclude_expression=None, comment=None, force_expression=None, mode=None, priority=3, source_replica_expression=None, session=None):
+def rebalance_rse(rse, max_bytes=1E9, max_files=None, dry_run=False, exclude_expression=None, comment=None, force_expression=None, mode=None, priority=3, source_replica_expression='*\\bb8-enabled=false', session=None):
     """
     Rebalance data from an RSE