diff --git a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
index ad68ebb44f0..6ec7f1ded28 100755
--- a/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
+++ b/hack/local-up-cluster.sh
@@ -1019,9 +1019,10 @@ function parse_eviction {
 }
 
 function install_cni {
+  cni_plugin_sha=CNI_PLUGINS_${CNI_TARGETARCH^^}_SHA256SUM
   echo "Installing CNI plugin binaries ..." \
     && curl -sSL --retry 5 --output /tmp/cni."${CNI_TARGETARCH}".tgz "${CNI_PLUGINS_URL}" \
-    && echo "${CNI_PLUGINS_AMD64_SHA256SUM}  /tmp/cni.amd64.tgz" | tee /tmp/cni.sha256 \
+    && echo "${!cni_plugin_sha} /tmp/cni.${CNI_TARGETARCH}.tgz" | tee /tmp/cni.sha256 \
     && sha256sum --ignore-missing -c /tmp/cni.sha256 \
     && rm -f /tmp/cni.sha256 \
     && sudo mkdir -p /opt/cni/bin \