diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests_aarch64.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests_aarch64.sh
index 941b717b5..29d6de971 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests_aarch64.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests_aarch64.sh
@@ -137,7 +137,9 @@ update_workloads() {
     fi
 
     # Download aarch64 ovmf
-    download_aarch64_ovmf
+    if [ ! -f "$WORKLOADS_DIR/CLOUDHV_EFI.fd" ]; then
+        download_aarch64_ovmf
+    fi
 
     pushd "$WORKLOADS_DIR" || exit
 
diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests_vfio.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests_vfio.sh
index 3f1b26778..02f3434fe 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests_vfio.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests_vfio.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ process_common_args "$@"
 
 WORKLOADS_DIR="$HOME/workloads"
 
-download_hypervisor_fw
+if [ ! -f "$WORKLOADS_DIR/hypervisor-fw" ]; then
+    download_hypervisor_fw
+fi
 
 CFLAGS=""
 if [[ "${BUILD_TARGET}" == "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl" ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests_windows_aarch64.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests_windows_aarch64.sh
index 69537d776..1f94e088e 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests_windows_aarch64.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests_windows_aarch64.sh
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ WIN_IMAGE_FILE="$WORKLOADS_DIR/$WIN_IMAGE_BASENAME"
 
 # Download aarch64 OVMF
 OVMF_FW="$WORKLOADS_DIR/CLOUDHV_EFI.fd"
-download_aarch64_ovmf
+if [ ! -f "$OVMF_FW" ]; then
+    download_aarch64_ovmf
+fi
 
 # Check if the images are present
 if [[ ! -f ${WIN_IMAGE_FILE} || ! -f ${OVMF_FW} ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/run_integration_tests_windows_x86_64.sh b/scripts/run_integration_tests_windows_x86_64.sh
index 6b358c5c2..29953bc24 100755
--- a/scripts/run_integration_tests_windows_x86_64.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_integration_tests_windows_x86_64.sh
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@ fi
 WIN_IMAGE_FILE="/root/workloads/windows-server-2025-amd64-1.raw"
 
 WORKLOADS_DIR="/root/workloads"
+OVMF_FW="$WORKLOADS_DIR/CLOUDHV.fd"
 
 # Download amd64 ovmf
-download_amd64_ovmf
+if [ ! -f "$OVMF_FW" ]; then
+    download_amd64_ovmf
+fi
 
 CFLAGS=""
 if [[ "${BUILD_TARGET}" == "x86_64-unknown-linux-musl" ]]; then
diff --git a/scripts/test-util.sh b/scripts/test-util.sh
index 3ba2474a4..3b17ee4c9 100644
--- a/scripts/test-util.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-util.sh
@@ -187,6 +187,17 @@ download_linux() {
 }
 
 prepare_linux() {
+    if [ "$(uname -m)" = "aarch64" ]; then
+        KERNEL_FILE="$WORKLOADS_DIR/Image-arm64"
+    else
+        KERNEL_FILE="$WORKLOADS_DIR/vmlinux-x86_64"
+        BZIMAGE_FILE="$WORKLOADS_DIR/bzImage-x86_64"
+    fi
+    if [[ -f "$KERNEL_FILE" && -f "$BZIMAGE_FILE" ]]; then
+        echo "Kernel already present at $KERNEL_FILE, skipping"
+        return
+    fi
+
     if [ "$build_kernel" = true ]; then
         echo "Building kernel from source"
         build_custom_linux