diff --git a/roles/network_plugin/calico/defaults/main.yml b/roles/network_plugin/calico/defaults/main.yml
index 2de1465147e..5f334c12afd 100644
--- a/roles/network_plugin/calico/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/roles/network_plugin/calico/defaults/main.yml
@@ -158,4 +158,4 @@ calico_apiserver_enabled: false
 
 # Calico feature detect override, set "ChecksumOffloadBroken=true" to
 # solve the https://github.com/projectcalico/calico/issues/3145
-calico_feature_detect_override: ""
+calico_feature_detect_override: "ChecksumOffloadBroken=true"