diff --git a/controllers/provisioners/eks/create_test.go b/controllers/provisioners/eks/create_test.go
index f73b7b3d..cd371812 100644
--- a/controllers/provisioners/eks/create_test.go
+++ b/controllers/provisioners/eks/create_test.go
@@ -370,6 +370,15 @@ func TestCreateLatestAMI(t *testing.T) {
 	ig.GetEKSConfiguration().Image = "latest"
 	ssmMock.latestAMI = testLatestAmiID
 
+	ec2Mock.InstanceTypes = []*ec2.InstanceTypeInfo{
+		&ec2.InstanceTypeInfo{
+			InstanceType: aws.String("m5.large"),
+			ProcessorInfo: &ec2.ProcessorInfo{
+				SupportedArchitectures: []*string{aws.String("x86_64")},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
 	err := ctx.CloudDiscovery()
 	g.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 	// Must happen after ctx.CloudDiscover()
diff --git a/controllers/provisioners/eks/update_test.go b/controllers/provisioners/eks/update_test.go
index ec4cf622..3be098c8 100644
--- a/controllers/provisioners/eks/update_test.go
+++ b/controllers/provisioners/eks/update_test.go
@@ -729,6 +729,30 @@ func TestUpdateWithLatestAmiID(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	asgMock.AutoScalingGroups = []*autoscaling.Group{mockScalingGroup}
 
+	// skip role creation
+	ig.GetEKSConfiguration().SetInstanceProfileName("some-profile")
+	ig.GetEKSConfiguration().SetRoleName("some-role")
+	iamMock.Role = &iam.Role{
+		Arn:      aws.String("some-arn"),
+		RoleName: aws.String("some-role"),
+	}
+
+	// Setup Latest AMI
+	ig.GetEKSConfiguration().Image = "latest"
+	ssmMock.latestAMI = testLatestAmiID
+
+	ec2Mock.InstanceTypes = []*ec2.InstanceTypeInfo{
+		&ec2.InstanceTypeInfo{
+			InstanceType: aws.String("m5.large"),
+			ProcessorInfo: &ec2.ProcessorInfo{
+				SupportedArchitectures: []*string{aws.String("x86_64")},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	err := ctx.CloudDiscovery()
+	g.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
+
 	ctx.SetDiscoveredState(&DiscoveredState{
 		Publisher: kubeprovider.EventPublisher{
 			Client: k.Kubernetes,
@@ -752,11 +776,7 @@ func TestUpdateWithLatestAmiID(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	})
 
-	// Setup Latest AMI
-	ig.GetEKSConfiguration().Image = "latest"
-	ssmMock.latestAMI = testLatestAmiID
-
-	err := ctx.Update()
+	err = ctx.Update()
 	g.Expect(err).NotTo(gomega.HaveOccurred())
 	g.Expect(ctx.GetInstanceGroup().Spec.EKSSpec.EKSConfiguration.Image).To(gomega.Equal(testLatestAmiID))
 }