diff --git a/examples/speech_recognition/new/infer.py b/examples/speech_recognition/new/infer.py
index e45e76870..7f97f2505 100644
--- a/examples/speech_recognition/new/infer.py
+++ b/examples/speech_recognition/new/infer.py
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 config_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parent / "conf"
+config_path = str(config_path)
 
 
 @dataclass
diff --git a/fairseq/checkpoint_utils.py b/fairseq/checkpoint_utils.py
index 73374bedf..4b9a511bc 100644
--- a/fairseq/checkpoint_utils.py
+++ b/fairseq/checkpoint_utils.py
@@ -323,16 +323,19 @@ def load_checkpoint_to_cpu(path, arg_overrides=None, load_on_all_ranks=False):
 
         # hack to be able to set Namespace in dict config. this should be removed when we update to newer
         # omegaconf version that supports object flags, or when we migrate all existing models
+        from omegaconf import __version__ as oc_version
         from omegaconf import _utils
 
-        old_primitive = _utils.is_primitive_type
-        _utils.is_primitive_type = lambda _: True
+        if oc_version < "2.2":
+            old_primitive = _utils.is_primitive_type
+            _utils.is_primitive_type = lambda _: True
 
-        state["cfg"] = OmegaConf.create(state["cfg"])
-
-        _utils.is_primitive_type = old_primitive
-        OmegaConf.set_struct(state["cfg"], True)
+            state["cfg"] = OmegaConf.create(state["cfg"])
 
+            _utils.is_primitive_type = old_primitive
+            OmegaConf.set_struct(state["cfg"], True)
+        else:
+            state["cfg"] = OmegaConf.create(state["cfg"], flags={"allow_objects": True})
         if arg_overrides is not None:
             overwrite_args_by_name(state["cfg"], arg_overrides)