diff --git a/scripts/kernel-functions b/scripts/kernel-functions
index 58751563f..a72230dc7 100644
--- a/scripts/kernel-functions
+++ b/scripts/kernel-functions
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Shell functions for parsing the Linux kernel version and for downloading
 # from kernel.org.
 
-kernel_mirror="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel"
+kernel_mirror="http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel"
 kernel_longterm="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel"
 kernel_sources="$HOME/software/downloads"
 
diff --git a/scripts/run-regression-tests b/scripts/run-regression-tests
index bae2ad0a5..65105cf9d 100755
--- a/scripts/run-regression-tests
+++ b/scripts/run-regression-tests
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ fi
 # Where to store persistenly downloaded kernel tarballs and kernel patches.
 kernel_sources="$HOME/software/downloads"
 # URL for downloading kernel tarballs and kernel patches.
-kernel_mirror="ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel"
+kernel_mirror="http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel"
 kernel_longterm="http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel"
 kernel_versions=""
 # Directory in which the regression test output files will be stored. Must be