diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
index 822e84f97e..859a725275 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
@@ -1050,7 +1050,6 @@ func (k *kataAgent) constrainGRPCSpec(grpcSpec *grpc.Spec, passSeccomp bool, str
 	grpcSpec.Linux.Resources.Devices = nil
 	grpcSpec.Linux.Resources.Pids = nil
 	grpcSpec.Linux.Resources.BlockIO = nil
-	grpcSpec.Linux.Resources.HugepageLimits = nil
 	grpcSpec.Linux.Resources.Network = nil
 	if grpcSpec.Linux.Resources.CPU != nil {
 		grpcSpec.Linux.Resources.CPU.Cpus = ""
diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
index 6475e8b069..71cf992bbd 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ func TestConstrainGRPCSpec(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.NotNil(g.Linux.Resources.Memory)
 	assert.Nil(g.Linux.Resources.Pids)
 	assert.Nil(g.Linux.Resources.BlockIO)
-	assert.Nil(g.Linux.Resources.HugepageLimits)
+	assert.Len(g.Linux.Resources.HugepageLimits, 0)
 	assert.Nil(g.Linux.Resources.Network)
 	assert.NotNil(g.Linux.Resources.CPU)
 	assert.Equal(g.Process.SelinuxLabel, "")