diff --git a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/test/controls/lustre_spec.rb b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/test/controls/lustre_spec.rb
index 720e12718..19936cab3 100644
--- a/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/test/controls/lustre_spec.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/aws-parallelcluster-environment/test/controls/lustre_spec.rb
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
       end
 
       describe yum.repo('aws-fsx') do
-        before { retry_helpers.wait_for_command("yum -v repolist all 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'aws-fsx'") }
+        before { retry_helpers.wait_for_command("yum -v repolist all 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'aws-fsx'") rescue nil } # rubocop:disable Style/RescueModifier
         it { should exist }
         it { should be_enabled }
         its('baseurl') { should include 'fsx-lustre-client-repo.s3.amazonaws.com' }
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       end
 
       describe yum.repo('aws-fsx') do
-        before { retry_helpers.wait_for_command("yum -v repolist all 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'aws-fsx'") }
+        before { retry_helpers.wait_for_command("yum -v repolist all 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'aws-fsx'") rescue nil } # rubocop:disable Style/RescueModifier
         it { should exist }
         it { should be_enabled }
         its('baseurl') { should include 'fsx-lustre-client-repo.s3.amazonaws.com' }
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
 
   if os_properties.alinux2?
     describe yum.repo('amzn2extra-lustre') do
-      before { retry_helpers.wait_for_command("yum -v repolist all 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'amzn2extra-lustre'") }
+      before { retry_helpers.wait_for_command("yum -v repolist all 2>/dev/null | grep -q 'amzn2extra-lustre'") rescue nil } # rubocop:disable Style/RescueModifier
       it { should exist }
       it { should be_enabled }
     end