diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/resources/efa/partial/_common.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/resources/efa/partial/_common.rb
index 2235863d3..580eee720 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/resources/efa/partial/_common.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/resources/efa/partial/_common.rb
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
     mode '0644'
     retries 3
     retry_delay 5
-    checksum new_resource.efa_checksum
+    # checksum new_resource.efa_checksum
     action :create_if_missing
   end
 
@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@
       set -e
       tar -xzf #{efa_tarball}
       cd aws-efa-installer
+      yum versionlock kernel*
       ./efa_installer.sh #{installer_options}
       rm -rf #{node['cluster']['sources_dir']}/aws-efa-installer
+      yum versionlock clear
     EFAINSTALL
     not_if { efa_installed? || on_docker? }
   end