diff --git a/test/e2e_node/hugepages_test.go b/test/e2e_node/hugepages_test.go
index 551e3d531c9..c57f301d5f3 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/hugepages_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/hugepages_test.go
@@ -214,7 +214,11 @@ var _ = SIGDescribe("HugePages [Serial] [Feature:HugePages][NodeSpecialFeature:H
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err, "while getting node status")
 
 		ginkgo.By("Verifying that the node now supports huge pages with size 3Mi")
-		gomega.Expect(node.Status.Capacity).To(gomega.HaveKeyWithValue("hugepages-3Mi", resource.MustParse("9Mi")), "capacity should contain resource hugepages-3Mi and huge pages with size 3Mi should be supported")
+		value, ok := node.Status.Capacity["hugepages-3Mi"]
+		if !ok {
+			framework.Failf("capacity should contain resource hugepages-3Mi: %v", node.Status.Capacity)
+		}
+		gomega.Expect(value.String()).To(gomega.Equal("9Mi"), "huge pages with size 3Mi should be supported")
 
 		ginkgo.By("restarting the node and verifying that huge pages with size 3Mi are not supported")
 		restartKubelet(true)