diff --git a/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_linux.go b/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_linux.go
index 63a25dc4ed0..e468fa09f7d 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_linux.go
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ func getPageSize(path string, mounter mount.Interface) (*resource.Quantity, erro
 			// NOTE: Adding suffix 'i' as result should be comparable with a medium size.
 			// pagesize mount option is specified without a suffix,
 			// e.g. pagesize=2M or pagesize=1024M for x86 CPUs
-			pageSize, err := resource.ParseQuantity(strings.TrimPrefix(opt, prefix) + "i")
+			trimmedOpt := strings.TrimPrefix(opt, prefix)
+			if !strings.HasSuffix(trimmedOpt, "i") {
+				trimmedOpt = trimmedOpt + "i"
+			}
+			pageSize, err := resource.ParseQuantity(trimmedOpt)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting page size from '%s' mount option: %v", opt, err)
 			}
diff --git a/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_test.go b/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_test.go
index bd813926c2c..78663ac2938 100644
--- a/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_test.go
+++ b/pkg/volume/emptydir/empty_dir_test.go
@@ -836,6 +836,12 @@ func TestGetPageSize(t *testing.T) {
 				Path:   "/mnt/hugepages-2Mi",
 				Opts:   []string{"rw", "relatime", "pagesize=2M"},
 			},
+			{
+				Device: "/dev/hugepages",
+				Type:   "hugetlbfs",
+				Path:   "/mnt/hugepages-2Mi",
+				Opts:   []string{"rw", "relatime", "pagesize=2Mi"},
+			},
 			{
 				Device: "sysfs",
 				Type:   "sysfs",