diff --git a/src/runtime/Makefile b/src/runtime/Makefile
index 54f47d6fa9..1ad2340b11 100644
--- a/src/runtime/Makefile
+++ b/src/runtime/Makefile
@@ -489,6 +489,9 @@ ifneq (,$(QEMUCMD))
     KERNELPARAMS_NV += "pci=nocrs"
     KERNELPARAMS_NV += "pci=assign-busses"
 
+    KERNELPARAMS_CONFIDENTIAL_NV = $(KERNELPARAMS_NV)
+    KERNELPARAMS_CONFIDENTIAL_NV += "nvrc.smi.srs=1"
+
     # Setting this to false can lead to cgroup leakages in the host
     # Best practice for production is to set this to true
     DEFSANDBOXCGROUPONLY_NV = true
@@ -661,6 +664,7 @@ USER_VARS += DEFAULTMEMORY_NV
 USER_VARS += DEFAULTVFIOPORT_NV
 USER_VARS += DEFAULTPCIEROOTPORT_NV
 USER_VARS += KERNELPARAMS_NV
+USER_VARS += KERNELPARAMS_CONFIDENTIAL_NV
 USER_VARS += KERNELVERITYPARAMS_NV
 USER_VARS += KERNELVERITYPARAMS_CONFIDENTIAL_NV
 USER_VARS += DEFAULTTIMEOUT_NV
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp.toml.in
index eff87f6f9a..633d85bef4 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-nvidia-gpu-snp.toml.in
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ snp_guest_policy = 196608
 # may stop the virtual machine from booting.
 # To see the list of default parameters, enable hypervisor debug, create a
 # container and look for 'default-kernel-parameters' log entries.
-kernel_params = "@KERNELPARAMS_NV@"
+kernel_params = "@KERNELPARAMS_CONFIDENTIAL_NV@"
 
 # Optional dm-verity parameters (comma-separated key=value list):
 # root_hash=...,salt=...,data_blocks=...,data_block_size=...,hash_block_size=...
diff --git a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx.toml.in b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx.toml.in
index eab536be0e..7f8b7456b0 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx.toml.in
+++ b/src/runtime/config/configuration-qemu-nvidia-gpu-tdx.toml.in
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ valid_hypervisor_paths = @QEMUTDXEXPERIMENTALVALIDHYPERVISORPATHS@
 # may stop the virtual machine from booting.
 # To see the list of default parameters, enable hypervisor debug, create a
 # container and look for 'default-kernel-parameters' log entries.
-kernel_params = "@KERNELPARAMS_NV@"
+kernel_params = "@KERNELPARAMS_CONFIDENTIAL_NV@"
 
 # Optional dm-verity parameters (comma-separated key=value list):
 # root_hash=...,salt=...,data_blocks=...,data_block_size=...,hash_block_size=...
diff --git a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-nvidia-cuda.bats b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-nvidia-cuda.bats
index 6d70afbb83..524583a1e2 100644
--- a/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-nvidia-cuda.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/kubernetes/k8s-nvidia-cuda.bats
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@ setup() {
 
     envsubst < "${pod_yaml_in}" > "${pod_yaml}"
 
-    if [ "${TEE}" = "true" ]; then
-        kernel_params_annotation="io.katacontainers.config.hypervisor.kernel_params"
-        kernel_params_value="nvrc.smi.srs=1"
-        set_metadata_annotation "${pod_yaml}" \
-            "${kernel_params_annotation}" \
-            "${kernel_params_value}"
-    fi
-
     policy_settings_dir="$(create_tmp_policy_settings_dir "${pod_config_dir}")"
     add_requests_to_policy_settings "${policy_settings_dir}" "ReadStreamRequest"