diff --git a/comfy/cli_args.py b/comfy/cli_args.py
index 54f2269ff..ba89699d6 100644
--- a/comfy/cli_args.py
+++ b/comfy/cli_args.py
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ parser.add_argument("--async-offload", nargs='?', const=2, type=int, default=Non
 parser.add_argument("--disable-async-offload", action="store_true", help="Disable async weight offloading.")
 parser.add_argument("--disable-dynamic-vram", action="store_true", help="Disable dynamic VRAM and use estimate based model loading.")
 parser.add_argument("--enable-dynamic-vram", action="store_true", help="Enable dynamic VRAM on systems where it's not enabled by default.")
-parser.add_argument("--fast-disk", action="store_true", help="Prefer disk-backed dynamic loading and offload over unpinned RAM. Can be faster for users with fast NVME disks.")
+parser.add_argument("--fast-disk", action="store_true", help="Force disk-backed dynamic loading and offload over unpinned RAM. Can be faster for users with fast NVME disks.")
+parser.add_argument("--disable-fast-disk", action="store_true", help="Disable disk-backed dynamic loading and offload over unpinned RAM. Overrides --fast-disk.")
 parser.add_argument("--disable-cuda-graphs", action="store_true", help="Disable CUDA graphs.")
 parser.add_argument("--disable-comfy-compiler", action="store_true", help="Disable the Comfy model compiler, including its CUDA graph subfeature.")
 parser.add_argument("--assert-graph-breaks", action="store_true", help="Fail on Comfy model compiler graph breaks.")
diff --git a/comfy/model_patcher.py b/comfy/model_patcher.py
index 9c7e590a7..bbfc9959b 100644
--- a/comfy/model_patcher.py
+++ b/comfy/model_patcher.py
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class ModelPatcher:
     def __init__(self, model, load_device, offload_device, size=0, weight_inplace_update=False, fast_disk=False):
         self.size = size
         self.model = model
-        self.fast_disk = bool(comfy.model_management.args.fast_disk or fast_disk)
+        self.fast_disk = not comfy.model_management.args.disable_fast_disk and bool(comfy.model_management.args.fast_disk or fast_disk)
         if not hasattr(self.model, 'device'):
             logging.debug("Model doesn't have a device attribute.")
             self.model.device = offload_device
diff --git a/comfy/storage.py b/comfy/storage.py
index 0cc555758..2f40250e5 100644
--- a/comfy/storage.py
+++ b/comfy/storage.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import platform
 import re
 
 import comfy_aimdo.storage
+from comfy.cli_args import args
 
 
 _NVME_NAMESPACE = re.compile(r"^(nvme\d+)n\d+$")
@@ -97,11 +98,14 @@ def state_dict_fast_disk(state_dict):
                 path = getattr(untyped_storage(), "_comfy_source_path", None)
                 if path is not None:
                     paths.add(path)
-    return model_fast_disk(sorted(paths)) if paths else False
+    return model_fast_disk(sorted(paths))
 
 
 def model_fast_disk(paths):
-    results = [fast_storage(path) for path in paths]
-    fast = bool(results) and all(result is True for result in results)
+    if args.fast_disk or args.disable_fast_disk:
+        fast = not args.disable_fast_disk
+    else:
+        results = [fast_storage(path) for path in paths]
+        fast = bool(results) and all(result is True for result in results)
     logging.info("Model storage policy: fast_disk=%s paths=%s", fast, [os.path.realpath(path) for path in paths])
     return fast