diff --git a/utils.sh b/utils.sh
index 340d089..5c7d571 100644
--- a/utils.sh
+++ b/utils.sh
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@
 # Linux files from https://releases.linaro.org/members/arm/platforms/20.01
 css_downloads_270="${css_downloads_270:-$tfa_downloads/css_scp_2.7.0}"
 
-linaro_2001_release="$tfa_downloads/linaro/20.01"
+linaro_2001_release="${linaro_2001_release:-$tfa_downloads/linaro/20.01}"
 linaro_release="${linaro_release:-$linaro_2001_release}"
 
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