diff --git a/cmake/std/atdm/waterman/tweaks/GNU-DEBUG-OPENMP-POWER9-VOLTA70.cmake b/cmake/std/atdm/waterman/tweaks/GNU-DEBUG-OPENMP-POWER9-VOLTA70.cmake
index 94fd9914b54d..5ec4df8c0ecb 100644
--- a/cmake/std/atdm/waterman/tweaks/GNU-DEBUG-OPENMP-POWER9-VOLTA70.cmake
+++ b/cmake/std/atdm/waterman/tweaks/GNU-DEBUG-OPENMP-POWER9-VOLTA70.cmake
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@ ATDM_SET_ENABLE(TeuchosNumerics_LAPACK_test_MPI_1_ENABLE ON)
 #disable from issue #2466
 ATDM_SET_ENABLE(Belos_Tpetra_PseudoBlockCG_hb_test_MPI_4_ENABLE ON)
 
+#disable failing test as in #3173
+ATDM_SET_ENABLE(KokkosKernels_sparse_openmp_MPI_1_ENABLE ON)
+
 INCLUDE("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/ALL_COMMON_TWEAKS.cmake")