diff --git a/include/vintf/CheckFlags.h b/include/vintf/CheckFlags.h
index d63a809..2da807c 100644
--- a/include/vintf/CheckFlags.h
+++ b/include/vintf/CheckFlags.h
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@
 // Disable RuntimeInfo <-> Framework Matrix check. This implies DISABLE_AVB_CHECK.
 constexpr Type DISABLE_RUNTIME_INFO = ENABLE_ALL_CHECKS.disableRuntimeInfo();
 
+// Default flag if no flag is provided.
+constexpr Type DEFAULT = DISABLE_AVB_CHECK;
+
 // tests
 static_assert(ENABLE_ALL_CHECKS.isAvbEnabled(), "");
 static_assert(ENABLE_ALL_CHECKS.isRuntimeInfoEnabled(), "");
diff --git a/include/vintf/RuntimeInfo.h b/include/vintf/RuntimeInfo.h
index c48942e..2e04279 100644
--- a/include/vintf/RuntimeInfo.h
+++ b/include/vintf/RuntimeInfo.h
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
     //   not when RuntimeInfo::checkCompatibility is called.
     // - avb-vbmetaversion matches related sysprops
     bool checkCompatibility(const CompatibilityMatrix& mat, std::string* error = nullptr,
-                            CheckFlags::Type flags = CheckFlags::ENABLE_ALL_CHECKS) const;
+                            CheckFlags::Type flags = CheckFlags::DEFAULT) const;
 
     using FetchFlags = uint32_t;
     enum FetchFlag : FetchFlags {
diff --git a/include/vintf/VintfObject.h b/include/vintf/VintfObject.h
index e1a4501..ceabf61 100644
--- a/include/vintf/VintfObject.h
+++ b/include/vintf/VintfObject.h
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
      *         < 0 if any error (mount partition fails, illformed XML, etc.)
      */
     int32_t checkCompatibility(std::string* error = nullptr,
-                               CheckFlags::Type flags = CheckFlags::ENABLE_ALL_CHECKS);
+                               CheckFlags::Type flags = CheckFlags::DEFAULT);
 
     /**
      * A std::function that abstracts a list of "provided" instance names. Given package, version
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
      */
     static int32_t CheckCompatibility(const std::vector<std::string>& packageInfo,
                                       std::string* error = nullptr,
-                                      CheckFlags::Type flags = CheckFlags::ENABLE_ALL_CHECKS);
+                                      CheckFlags::Type flags = CheckFlags::DEFAULT);
 
     /**
      * Check deprecation on framework matrices with a provided predicate.
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@
     // Helper to CheckCompatibility with dependency injection.
     int32_t checkCompatibility(const std::vector<std::string>& packageInfo,
                                std::string* error = nullptr,
-                               CheckFlags::Type flags = CheckFlags::ENABLE_ALL_CHECKS);
+                               CheckFlags::Type flags = CheckFlags::DEFAULT);
 
     static bool IsHalDeprecated(const MatrixHal& oldMatrixHal,
                                 const CompatibilityMatrix& targetMatrix,
diff --git a/test/LibVintfTest.cpp b/test/LibVintfTest.cpp
index a3a98b8..49a3a84 100644
--- a/test/LibVintfTest.cpp
+++ b/test/LibVintfTest.cpp
@@ -886,20 +886,20 @@
     CompatibilityMatrix cm = testMatrix(MatrixKernel(KernelVersion{3, 18, 31}, {}));
     {
         setAvb(badAvb, {1, 0}, {2, 1});
-        EXPECT_FALSE(badAvb.checkCompatibility(cm, &error));
+        EXPECT_FALSE(badAvb.checkCompatibility(cm, &error, CheckFlags::ENABLE_ALL_CHECKS));
         EXPECT_STREQ(error.c_str(), "Vbmeta version 1.0 does not match framework matrix 2.1");
     }
     {
         setAvb(badAvb, {2, 1}, {3, 0});
-        EXPECT_FALSE(badAvb.checkCompatibility(cm, &error));
+        EXPECT_FALSE(badAvb.checkCompatibility(cm, &error, CheckFlags::ENABLE_ALL_CHECKS));
     }
     {
         setAvb(badAvb, {2, 1}, {2, 3});
-        EXPECT_TRUE(badAvb.checkCompatibility(cm, &error));
+        EXPECT_TRUE(badAvb.checkCompatibility(cm, &error, CheckFlags::ENABLE_ALL_CHECKS));
     }
     {
         setAvb(badAvb, {2, 3}, {2, 1});
-        EXPECT_TRUE(badAvb.checkCompatibility(cm, &error));
+        EXPECT_TRUE(badAvb.checkCompatibility(cm, &error, CheckFlags::ENABLE_ALL_CHECKS));
     }
 }
 
@@ -933,7 +933,7 @@
     EXPECT_TRUE(gCompatibilityMatrixConverter(&cm, xml));
     RuntimeInfo ki = testRuntimeInfo();
     std::string error;
-    EXPECT_FALSE(ki.checkCompatibility(cm, &error));
+    EXPECT_FALSE(ki.checkCompatibility(cm, &error, CheckFlags::ENABLE_ALL_CHECKS));
     EXPECT_STREQ(error.c_str(), "AVB version 2.1 does not match framework matrix 1.0");
     EXPECT_TRUE(ki.checkCompatibility(cm, &error, CheckFlags::DISABLE_AVB_CHECK)) << error;
 }