diff --git a/ci-operator/step-registry/openstack/provision/sriov-operator/openstack-provision-sriov-operator-commands.sh b/ci-operator/step-registry/openstack/provision/sriov-operator/openstack-provision-sriov-operator-commands.sh
index 62e023eeffc3a..c40e9ad06b242 100755
--- a/ci-operator/step-registry/openstack/provision/sriov-operator/openstack-provision-sriov-operator-commands.sh
+++ b/ci-operator/step-registry/openstack/provision/sriov-operator/openstack-provision-sriov-operator-commands.sh
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ if [ -n "${is_dev_version:-}" ]; then
     export SRIOV_NETWORK_WEBHOOK_IMAGE=quay.io/openshift/origin-sriov-network-webhook:${oc_version}
     export SRIOV_NETWORK_OPERATOR_IMAGE=quay.io/openshift/origin-sriov-network-operator:${oc_version}
     export OVS_CNI_IMAGE=""
-    export RDMA_CNI_IMAGE=""
+    # export RDMA_CNI_IMAGE=""
     unset NAMESPACE
     # CLUSTER_TYPE is used by both openshift/release and the operator, so we need to unset it
     # to let the operator figure out which cluster type it is.