diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
index 2be96f1781..70ef10cda5 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py
@@ -342,10 +342,12 @@ TCLIBCAPPEND = \"\"
 MACHINE = \"qemux86-64\"
 BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER = "OEBasicHash"
 """
+        #OLDEST_KERNEL is arch specific so set to a different value here for testing
         configB = """
 TMPDIR = \"${TOPDIR}/tmp-sstatesamehash2\"
 TCLIBCAPPEND = \"\"
 MACHINE = \"qemuarm\"
+OLDEST_KERNEL = \"3.3.0\"
 BB_SIGNATURE_HANDLER = "OEBasicHash"
 """
         self.sstate_allarch_samesigs(configA, configB)