diff --git a/SPECS/kernel.spec b/SPECS/kernel.spec
index cf2dddf915eac7c6e2dfba83eea9ed8064559f72..ae88c73a0b52ee60a82423c41223b6866ca62964 100644
--- a/SPECS/kernel.spec
+++ b/SPECS/kernel.spec
@@ -2013,9 +2013,9 @@ BuildKernel() {
         exit 1
     fi
     mv vmlinuz.signed $SignImage
-    if [ "$KernelExtension" == "gz" ]; then
-        gzip -f9 $SignImage
-    fi
+    #if [ "$KernelExtension" == "gz" ]; then
+    #    gzip -f9 $SignImage
+    #fi
     # signkernel
     %endif
 
@@ -3733,6 +3733,7 @@ fi
 %changelog
 * Wed Jun 05 2024 Release Engineering <releng@rockylinux.org> - 5.14.0-427.20.1
 - Porting to 9.4, debranding and Rocky branding
+- Ensure aarch64 kernel is not compressed
 
 * Thu May 23 2024 Scott Weaver <scweaver@redhat.com> [5.14.0-427.20.1.el9_4]
 - ipv6: sr: fix possible use-after-free and null-ptr-deref (Hangbin Liu) [RHEL-33968 RHEL-31732] {CVE-2024-26735}