diff --git a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/utils.rs b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/utils.rs
index 44865d65f9..644ed2b72f 100644
--- a/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/tools/kata-ctl/src/utils.rs
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ pub fn get_distro_details(os_release: &str, os_release_clr: &str) -> Result<(Str
     target_arch = "aarch64",
     all(target_arch = "powerpc64", target_endian = "little"),
 ))]
+#[allow(clippy::const_is_empty)]
 pub fn get_generic_cpu_details(cpu_info_file: &str) -> Result<(String, String)> {
     let cpu_info = kata_sys_util::cpu::get_single_cpu_info(cpu_info_file, "\n\n")?;
     let lines = cpu_info.lines();