diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_api_images_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_api_images_test.go
index 9e4f84a581f1c..a281ce20c783f 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_api_images_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_api_images_test.go
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestAPIImagesSaveAndLoad(c *check.C) {
 		v, err := kernel.GetKernelVersion()
 		assert.NilError(c, err)
 		build, _ := strconv.Atoi(strings.Split(strings.SplitN(v.String(), " ", 3)[2][1:], ".")[0])
-		if build == 16299 {
-			c.Skip("Temporarily disabled on RS3 builds")
+		if build <= 16299 {
+			c.Skip("Temporarily disabled on RS3 and older because they are too slow. See #39909")
 		}
 	}