diff --git a/.ci/linux-setup.sh b/.ci/linux-setup.sh
index 2b07d1e0b2..5d3089cadd 100755
--- a/.ci/linux-setup.sh
+++ b/.ci/linux-setup.sh
@@ -3,10 +3,7 @@
 # need to install as 'root' since some of the unit tests won't run without it
 sudo python3 -m pip install --upgrade 'meson==0.47.1'
 
-# skip hugepage settings if tests will not run
-if [ "$RUN_TESTS" = "1" ]; then
-    # setup hugepages
-    cat /proc/meminfo
-    sudo sh -c 'echo 1024 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages'
-    cat /proc/meminfo
-fi
+# setup hugepages. error ignored because having hugepage is not mandatory.
+cat /proc/meminfo
+sudo sh -c 'echo 1024 > /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages' || true
+cat /proc/meminfo