diff --git a/common/common.cpp b/common/common.cpp
index d0f38ed3..b9780ef7 100644
--- a/common/common.cpp
+++ b/common/common.cpp
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ bool gpt_params_find_arg(int argc, char ** argv, const std::string & arg, gpt_pa
         }
         return true;
     }
-    if (arg == "--offload-only-active-experts" || arg == "-ooae") {
+    if (arg == "--no-offload-only-active-experts" || arg == "-no-ooae") {
         params.only_active_exps = true;
         return true;
     }
diff --git a/common/common.h b/common/common.h
index ddd50755..17628b98 100644
--- a/common/common.h
+++ b/common/common.h
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ struct gpt_params {
     bool repack_tensors    = false; // repack tensors if interleaved variant is available
     bool use_thp           = false; // use transparent huge pages (linux only)
     bool validate_quants   = false; // if true, check for NaNs while loading the model
-    bool only_active_exps  = false; // if true, offload only active experts (relevant only for hybrid CPU/GPU)
+    bool only_active_exps  = true;  // if true, offload only active experts (relevant only for hybrid CPU/GPU)
 
     std::string cache_type_k = "f16"; // KV cache data type for the K
     std::string cache_type_v = "f16"; // KV cache data type for the V
diff --git a/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp b/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
index c3015134..9a6a27f1 100644
--- a/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
+++ b/examples/llama-bench/llama-bench.cpp
@@ -264,6 +264,7 @@ struct cmd_params {
     bool ger = false;     // ger = Grouped Expert Routing
     bool no_fug = false;
     bool use_thp = false;
+    bool no_ooae = false;
     output_formats output_format;
     output_formats output_format_stderr;
 };
@@ -301,6 +302,7 @@ static const cmd_params cmd_params_defaults = {
     /* ger                  */ false,
     /* no_fug               */ false,
     /* use_thp              */ false,
+    /* no_ooae              */ false,
     /* output_format        */ MARKDOWN,
     /* output_format_stderr */ NONE,
 };
@@ -345,6 +347,7 @@ static void print_usage(int /* argc */, char ** argv) {
     printf("  -fmoe, --fused-moe <0|1>            (default: %s)\n", cmd_params_defaults.fmoe? "1" : "0");
     printf("  -ger, --grouped-expert-routing <0|1>(default: %s)\n", cmd_params_defaults.ger ? "1" : "0");
     printf("  -no-fug, --no-fused-up-gate <0|1>   (default: %s)\n", cmd_params_defaults.no_fug? "1" : "0");
+    printf("  -no-ooae, --no-offload-only-active-experts <0|1>   (default: %s)\n", cmd_params_defaults.no_ooae? "1" : "0");
     printf("\n");
     printf("Multiple values can be given for each parameter by separating them with ',' or by specifying the parameter multiple times.\n");
 }
@@ -754,6 +757,12 @@ static cmd_params parse_cmd_params(int argc, char ** argv) {
                 break;
             }
             params.no_fug = std::stoi(argv[i]);
+        } else if (arg == "-no-ooae" || arg == "--no-offload-only-active-experts") {
+            if (++i >= argc) {
+                invalid_param = true;
+                break;
+            }
+            params.no_ooae = std::stoi(argv[i]);
         } else if (arg == "-ot" || arg == "--override-tensor") {
             if (++i >= argc) {
                 invalid_param = true;
@@ -841,6 +850,7 @@ struct cmd_params_instance {
     bool ger = false;
     bool no_fug = false;
     bool use_thp = false;
+    bool no_ooae = false;
     const llama_model_tensor_buft_override* buft_overrides;
 
     llama_model_params to_llama_mparams() const {
@@ -888,6 +898,7 @@ struct cmd_params_instance {
         cparams.fused_moe_up_gate = fmoe;
         cparams.grouped_expert_routing = ger;
         cparams.fused_up_gate = !no_fug;
+        cparams.only_active_experts = !no_ooae;
         cparams.min_experts = ser.first;
         cparams.thresh_experts = ser.second;
         cparams.embeddings = embeddings;
@@ -949,6 +960,7 @@ static std::vector<cmd_params_instance> get_cmd_params_instances(const cmd_param
                 /* .ger          = */ params.ger,
                 /* .no_fug       = */ params.no_fug,
                 /* .use_thp      = */ params.use_thp,
+                /* .no_ooae      = */ params.no_ooae,
                 /* .buft_overrides=*/ params.buft_overrides.data(),
             };
             instances.push_back(instance);
@@ -985,6 +997,7 @@ static std::vector<cmd_params_instance> get_cmd_params_instances(const cmd_param
                 /* .ger          = */ params.ger,
                 /* .no_fug       = */ params.no_fug,
                 /* .use_thp      = */ params.use_thp,
+                /* .no_ooae      = */ params.no_ooae,
                 /* .buft_overrides=*/ params.buft_overrides.data(),
             };
             instances.push_back(instance);
@@ -1021,6 +1034,7 @@ static std::vector<cmd_params_instance> get_cmd_params_instances(const cmd_param
                 /* .ger          = */ params.ger,
                 /* .no_fug       = */ params.no_fug,
                 /* .use_thp      = */ params.use_thp,
+                /* .no_ooae      = */ params.no_ooae,
                 /* .buft_overrides=*/ params.buft_overrides.data(),
             };
             instances.push_back(instance);
@@ -1057,6 +1071,7 @@ static std::vector<cmd_params_instance> get_cmd_params_instances(const cmd_param
                 /* .ger          = */ params.ger,
                 /* .no_fug       = */ params.no_fug,
                 /* .use_thp      = */ params.use_thp,
+                /* .no_ooae       = */ params.no_ooae,
                 /* .buft_overrides=*/ params.buft_overrides.data(),
             };
             instances.push_back(instance);
@@ -1104,6 +1119,7 @@ struct test {
     bool ger = false;
     bool no_fug = false;
     bool use_thp = false;
+    bool no_ooae = false;
     int n_prompt;
     int n_gen;
     std::string test_time;
@@ -1140,6 +1156,7 @@ struct test {
         ger = inst.ger;
         no_fug = inst.no_fug;
         use_thp = inst.use_thp;
+        no_ooae = inst.no_ooae;
         n_prompt = inst.n_prompt;
         n_gen = inst.n_gen;
         test_kind = inst.test_kind;
@@ -1230,7 +1247,7 @@ struct test {
             "n_threads", "type_k", "type_v",
             "n_gpu_layers", "split_mode",
             "main_gpu", "no_kv_offload", "flash_attn", "mla_attn", "attn_max_batch", "ser",
-            "tensor_split", "use_mmap", "embeddings", "repack", "fused_moe", "grouped_er", "fused_up_gate", "use_thp",
+            "tensor_split", "use_mmap", "embeddings", "repack", "fused_moe", "grouped_er", "fused_up_gate", "use_thp", "ooae",
             "n_prompt", "n_gen", "test_time",
             "avg_ns", "stddev_ns",
             "avg_ts", "stddev_ts", "test",
@@ -1252,7 +1269,7 @@ struct test {
         if (field == "cuda" || field == "vulkan" || field == "kompute" || field == "metal" ||
             field == "gpu_blas" || field == "blas" || field == "sycl" ||field == "f16_kv" || field == "no_kv_offload" ||
             field == "flash_attn" || field == "use_mmap" || field == "embeddings" || field == "repack" || field == "use_thp" ||
-            field == "fused_moe" || field == "grouped_er" || field == "fused_up_gate") {
+            field == "fused_moe" || field == "grouped_er" || field == "fused_up_gate" || field == "ooae") {
             return BOOL;
         }
         if (field == "avg_ts" || field == "stddev_ts") {
@@ -1296,7 +1313,7 @@ struct test {
             std::to_string(mla_attn), std::to_string(attn_max_batch), ser_to_string(ser),
             tensor_split_str, std::to_string(use_mmap), std::to_string(embeddings),
             std::to_string(repack), std::to_string(fmoe), std::to_string(ger),
-            std::to_string(no_fug), std::to_string(use_thp),
+            std::to_string(no_fug), std::to_string(use_thp), std::to_string(no_ooae),
             std::to_string(n_prompt), std::to_string(n_gen), test_time,
             std::to_string(avg_ns()), std::to_string(stdev_ns()),
             std::to_string(avg_ts()), std::to_string(stdev_ts()),
@@ -1486,6 +1503,9 @@ struct markdown_printer : public printer {
         if (field == "fused_up_gate") {
             return 6;
         }
+        if (field == "ooae") {
+            return 7;
+        }
         if (field == "test") {
             return 13;
         }
@@ -1544,6 +1564,9 @@ struct markdown_printer : public printer {
         if (field == "fused_up_gate") {
             return "no-fug";
         }
+        if (field == "ooae") {
+            return "no-ooae";
+        }
         if (field == "embeddings") {
             return "embd";
         }
@@ -1623,6 +1646,9 @@ struct markdown_printer : public printer {
         if (params.no_fug != cmd_params_defaults.no_fug) {
             fields.emplace_back("fused_up_gate");
         }
+        if (params.no_ooae != cmd_params_defaults.no_ooae) {
+            fields.emplace_back("ooae");
+        }
         fields.emplace_back("test");
         fields.emplace_back("t/s");