diff --git a/lib/blob/blobstore.c b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
index 6df2706af..37c0460bb 100644
--- a/lib/blob/blobstore.c
+++ b/lib/blob/blobstore.c
@@ -5129,6 +5129,9 @@ _spdk_bs_create_blob(struct spdk_blob_store *bs,
 	}
 
 	blob->use_extent_table = opts->use_extent_table;
+	if (blob->use_extent_table) {
+		blob->invalid_flags |= SPDK_BLOB_EXTENT_TABLE;
+	}
 
 	if (!internal_xattrs) {
 		_spdk_blob_xattrs_init(&internal_xattrs_default);
diff --git a/lib/blob/blobstore.h b/lib/blob/blobstore.h
index de1d4a31b..29c30f8db 100644
--- a/lib/blob/blobstore.h
+++ b/lib/blob/blobstore.h
@@ -331,7 +331,8 @@ struct spdk_blob_md_descriptor_extent_page {
 
 #define SPDK_BLOB_THIN_PROV (1ULL << 0)
 #define SPDK_BLOB_INTERNAL_XATTR (1ULL << 1)
-#define SPDK_BLOB_INVALID_FLAGS_MASK	(SPDK_BLOB_THIN_PROV | SPDK_BLOB_INTERNAL_XATTR)
+#define SPDK_BLOB_EXTENT_TABLE (1ULL << 2)
+#define SPDK_BLOB_INVALID_FLAGS_MASK	(SPDK_BLOB_THIN_PROV | SPDK_BLOB_INTERNAL_XATTR | SPDK_BLOB_EXTENT_TABLE)
 
 #define SPDK_BLOB_READ_ONLY (1ULL << 0)
 #define SPDK_BLOB_DATA_RO_FLAGS_MASK	SPDK_BLOB_READ_ONLY