diff --git a/src/sentry/runner/commands/configoptions.py b/src/sentry/runner/commands/configoptions.py
index 86ee6964c04740..aa3711e91362ae 100644
--- a/src/sentry/runner/commands/configoptions.py
+++ b/src/sentry/runner/commands/configoptions.py
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ def _attempt_update(
     last_update_channel = options.get_last_update_channel(key)
     if db_value == value:
         # This script is making changes with UpdateChannel.AUTOMATOR
-        # channel. Thus, if the laast update channel was already
+        # channel. Thus, if the last update channel was already
         # UpdateChannel.AUTOMATOR, and the value we are trying to set
         # is the same as the value already stored we do nothing.
         if last_update_channel is None:
@@ -273,11 +273,18 @@ def sync(ctx: click.Context) -> None:
                                 )
                                 presenter_delegator.flush()
                                 raise
-
                         presenter_delegator.unset(opt.name)
                     else:
-                        presenter_delegator.drift(opt.name, "")
-                        drift_found = True
+                        if (
+                            options.can_update(
+                                opt.name, options.get(opt.name), options.UpdateChannel.AUTOMATOR
+                            )
+                            == options.NotWritableReason.OPTION_ON_DISK
+                        ):
+                            continue
+                        else:
+                            presenter_delegator.drift(opt.name, options.get(opt.name))
+                            drift_found = True
 
     if invalid_options:
         status = "update_failed"
diff --git a/tests/sentry/runner/commands/badsync.yaml b/tests/sentry/runner/commands/badsync.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..67e2ab76dc78ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/sentry/runner/commands/badsync.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+options:
+  set_on_disk_option: 'hello'
diff --git a/tests/sentry/runner/commands/test_configoptions.py b/tests/sentry/runner/commands/test_configoptions.py
index c3ba7eeb52e2d8..5ce2c6d1fcf0ec 100644
--- a/tests/sentry/runner/commands/test_configoptions.py
+++ b/tests/sentry/runner/commands/test_configoptions.py
@@ -2,9 +2,15 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
+from django.conf import settings
 
 from sentry import options
-from sentry.options.manager import FLAG_AUTOMATOR_MODIFIABLE, FLAG_IMMUTABLE, UpdateChannel
+from sentry.options.manager import (
+    FLAG_AUTOMATOR_MODIFIABLE,
+    FLAG_IMMUTABLE,
+    FLAG_PRIORITIZE_DISK,
+    UpdateChannel,
+)
 from sentry.runner.commands.configoptions import configoptions
 from sentry.runner.commands.presenters.consolepresenter import ConsolePresenter
 from sentry.testutils.cases import CliTestCase
@@ -24,6 +30,12 @@ def register_options(self) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
         options.register("change_channel_option", default=[], flags=FLAG_AUTOMATOR_MODIFIABLE)
         options.register("to_unset_option", default=[], flags=FLAG_AUTOMATOR_MODIFIABLE)
         options.register("invalid_type", default=15, flags=FLAG_AUTOMATOR_MODIFIABLE)
+        options.register(
+            "set_on_disk_option",
+            default="",
+            flags=FLAG_PRIORITIZE_DISK | FLAG_AUTOMATOR_MODIFIABLE,
+        )
+        settings.SENTRY_OPTIONS["set_on_disk_option"] = "test"
 
         yield
 
@@ -36,6 +48,8 @@ def register_options(self) -> Generator[None, None, None]:
         options.unregister("change_channel_option")
         options.unregister("to_unset_option")
         options.unregister("invalid_type")
+        options.unregister("set_on_disk_option")
+        del settings.SENTRY_OPTIONS["set_on_disk_option"]
 
     @pytest.fixture(autouse=True)
     def set_options(self) -> None:
@@ -184,6 +198,16 @@ def test_sync(self):
 
         assert not options.isset("to_unset_option")
 
+    def test_bad_sync(self):
+        rv = self.invoke(
+            "-f",
+            "tests/sentry/runner/commands/badsync.yaml",
+            "sync",
+        )
+        assert rv.exit_code == 2, rv.output
+
+        assert ConsolePresenter.ERROR_MSG % ("set_on_disk_option", "option_on_disk") in rv.output
+
     def test_bad_patch(self):
         rv = self.invoke(
             "--file=tests/sentry/runner/commands/badpatch.yaml",