diff --git a/tests/probes/sysctl/test_sysctl_probe_all.sh b/tests/probes/sysctl/test_sysctl_probe_all.sh

index bc9513347..2f17adc8b 100755

--- a/tests/probes/sysctl/test_sysctl_probe_all.sh

+++ b/tests/probes/sysctl/test_sysctl_probe_all.sh

@@ -73,10 +73,14 @@ if [ "$procps_ver" != "$lowest_ver" ]; then

 	sed -i '/.*vm.stat_refresh/d' "$sysctlNames"

 fi

+if ! grep -q "hugepages" "$ourNames"; then

+	sed -i "/^.*hugepages.*$/d" "$sysctlNames"

+fi

 diff "$sysctlNames" "$ourNames"

 # remove oscap error message related to permissions from stderr

 sed -i -E "/^E: oscap: +Can't read sysctl value from /d" "$stderr"

+sed -i "/^.*hugepages.*$/d" "$stderr"

 [ ! -s $stderr ]

 rm $stderr $result $ourNames $sysctlNames