diff --git a/tests/probes/sysctl/test_sysctl_probe_all.sh b/tests/probes/sysctl/test_sysctl_probe_all.sh
index 732d22ec1..119e92c33 100755
--- a/tests/probes/sysctl/test_sysctl_probe_all.sh
+++ b/tests/probes/sysctl/test_sysctl_probe_all.sh
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ 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