diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
index c2a8c901f4..834a12b55e 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent.go
@@ -910,7 +910,6 @@ 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 f494626c62..1dbfe45698 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/kata_agent_test.go
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ 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, "")