diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
index 4ac4f5cf71..562b2c83b1 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-clh-kata-metric8.toml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ description = "measure container lifecycle timings"
 checkvar = ".\"boot-times\".Results | .[] | .\"to-workload\".Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 0.42
-minpercent = 15.0
-maxpercent = 15.0
+minpercent = 20.0
+maxpercent = 20.0
 
 [[metric]]
 name = "memory-footprint"
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ description = "measure memory usage"
 checkvar = ".\"memory-footprint\".Results | .[] | .average.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 2518364.00
-minpercent = 15.0
-maxpercent = 15.0
+minpercent = 20.0
+maxpercent = 20.0
diff --git a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
index 102f7d34dc..c6bc851471 100644
--- a/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
+++ b/tests/metrics/cmd/checkmetrics/ci_worker/checkmetrics-json-qemu-kata-metric8.toml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ description = "measure container lifecycle timings"
 checkvar = ".\"boot-times\".Results | .[] | .\"to-workload\".Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 0.61
-minpercent = 15.0
-maxpercent = 15.0
+minpercent = 20.0
+maxpercent = 20.0
 
 [[metric]]
 name = "memory-footprint"
@@ -30,5 +30,5 @@ description = "measure memory usage"
 checkvar = ".\"memory-footprint\".Results | .[] | .average.Result"
 checktype = "mean"
 midval = 2435844.00
-minpercent = 15.0
-maxpercent = 15.0
+minpercent = 20.0
+maxpercent = 20.0
diff --git a/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh b/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
index a2c531728d..14317211ee 100755
--- a/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
+++ b/tests/metrics/gha-run.sh
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ function check_containerd_config_for_kata() {
 }
 
 function check_metrics() {
-	KATA_HYPERVISOR="${1}"
 	local cm_base_file="${checkmetrics_config_dir}/checkmetrics-json-${KATA_HYPERVISOR}-kata-metric8.toml"
 	checkmetrics --debug --percentage --basefile "${cm_base_file}" --metricsdir "${results_dir}"
 	cm_result=$?
@@ -109,8 +108,6 @@ function run_test_launchtimes() {
 
 	create_symbolic_links
 	bash tests/metrics/time/launch_times.sh -i public.ecr.aws/ubuntu/ubuntu:latest -n 20
-
-	check_metrics "${KATA_HYPERVISOR}"
 }
 
 function run_test_memory_usage() {
@@ -118,6 +115,8 @@ function run_test_memory_usage() {
 
 	create_symbolic_links
 	bash tests/metrics/density/memory_usage.sh 20 5
+
+	check_metrics
 }
 
 function run_test_memory_usage_inside_container() {