diff --git a/neqo-bin/src/lib.rs b/neqo-bin/src/lib.rs
index 8a7ff69b69..b7bc158245 100644
--- a/neqo-bin/src/lib.rs
+++ b/neqo-bin/src/lib.rs
@@ -89,9 +89,9 @@ pub struct QuicParameters {
     /// The congestion controller to use.
     pub congestion_control: CongestionControlAlgorithm,
 
-    #[arg(long = "pacing")]
-    /// Whether pacing is enabled.
-    pub pacing: bool,
+    #[arg(long = "no-pacing")]
+    /// Whether to disable pacing.
+    pub no_pacing: bool,
 
     #[arg(name = "preferred-address-v4", long)]
     /// An IPv4 address for the server preferred address.
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ impl QuicParameters {
             .max_streams(StreamType::UniDi, self.max_streams_uni)
             .idle_timeout(Duration::from_secs(self.idle_timeout))
             .cc_algorithm(self.congestion_control)
-            .pacing(self.pacing);
+            .pacing(!self.no_pacing);
 
         if let Some(&first) = self.quic_version.first() {
             let all = if self.quic_version[1..].contains(&first) {
diff --git a/test/upload_test.sh b/test/upload_test.sh
index 40c3aaaeb9..685a6a926c 100755
--- a/test/upload_test.sh
+++ b/test/upload_test.sh
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ cc=cubic
 client="cargo run --release --bin neqo-client -- http://$server_address:$server_port/ --test upload --upload-size $upload_size --cc $cc"
 server="cargo run --release --bin neqo-server -- --db ../test-fixture/db $server_address:$server_port"
 server_pid=0
-pacing=true
-if [ "$pacing" = true ]; then
-    client="$client --pacing"
+no_pacing=false
+if [ "$no_pacing" = true ]; then
+    client="$client --no-pacing"
+    server="$server --no-pacing"
 fi
 
 # Define two indexed arrays to store network conditions