diff --git a/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-amazoneks/component.js b/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-amazoneks/component.js
index 001389043..47d8ad6a6 100644
--- a/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-amazoneks/component.js
+++ b/lib/shared/addon/components/cluster-driver/driver-amazoneks/component.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import { equal } from '@ember/object/computed';
 import { inject as service } from '@ember/service';
 import $ from 'jquery';
 import { rcompare, coerce } from 'semver';
+import { isEmpty } from '@ember/utils';
 
 const REGIONS = ['us-east-2', 'us-east-1', 'us-west-2', 'ap-east-1', 'ap-south-1', 'ap-northeast-1', 'ap-northeast-2', 'ap-southeast-1', 'ap-southeast-2', 'ca-central-1', 'eu-central-1', 'eu-west-1', 'eu-west-2', 'eu-west-3', 'eu-north-1', 'me-south-1', 'sa-east-1'];
 const RANCHER_GROUP         = 'rancher-nodes';
@@ -504,4 +505,16 @@ export default Component.extend(ClusterDriver, {
       });
     });
   },
+
+  willSave() {
+    // temporary measure put in place for rancher/rancher#24652
+    const { config: { subnets } } = this;
+
+    if (isEmpty(subnets)) {
+      set(this, 'config.subnets', []);
+    }
+
+    return this._super(...arguments);
+  },
+
 });