diff --git a/external/mkl/prepare_mkl.sh b/external/mkl/prepare_mkl.sh
index 1e9625bba..947b20e4c 100755
--- a/external/mkl/prepare_mkl.sh
+++ b/external/mkl/prepare_mkl.sh
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ echo $VERSION_LINE  # Return Version Line
 # MKL
 DST=`dirname $0`
 OMP=0 
-VERSION_MATCH=20160801
-ARCHIVE_BASENAME=mklml_lnx_2017.0.0.$VERSION_MATCH.tgz
+VERSION_MATCH=20160706
+ARCHIVE_BASENAME=mklml_lnx_2017.0.0.20160801.tgz
 MKL_CONTENT_DIR=`echo $ARCHIVE_BASENAME | rev | cut -d "." -f 2- | rev`
 GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG=self_containted_MKLGOLD
 MKLURL="https://github.com/intel/caffe/releases/download/$GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG/$ARCHIVE_BASENAME"
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ MKLURL="https://github.com/intel/caffe/releases/download/$GITHUB_RELEASE_TAG/$AR
 reg='^[0-9]+$'
 VERSION_LINE=`GetVersionName $MKLROOT`
 # Check if MKLROOT is set if positive then set one will be used..
-if [ -z $MKLROOT ] || [ $VERSION_LINE -lt 20160706 ]; then
+if [ -z $MKLROOT ] || [ $VERSION_LINE -lt $VERSION_MATCH ]; then
 	# ..if MKLROOT is not set then check if we have MKL downloaded in proper version
     VERSION_LINE=`GetVersionName $DST/$MKL_CONTENT_DIR`
-    if [ $VERSION_LINE -lt 20160706 ] ; then
+    if [ $VERSION_LINE -lt $VERSION_MATCH ] ; then
       #...If it is not then downloaded and unpacked
       wget --no-check-certificate -P $DST $MKLURL -O $DST/$ARCHIVE_BASENAME
       tar -xzf $DST/$ARCHIVE_BASENAME -C $DST