diff --git a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-ovs-dpdk/underlay.yaml b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-ovs-dpdk/underlay.yaml
index 4f7b55f..884fc90 100644
--- a/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-ovs-dpdk/underlay.yaml
+++ b/tcp_tests/templates/virtual-mcp11-ovs-dpdk/underlay.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@
             use_hugepages: True
             enable_acpi: true
             use_host_cpu: !os_env DRIVER_USE_HOST_CPU, true
+            use_hugepages: !os_env DRIVER_USE_HUGEPAGES, false
 
         network_pools:
           admin: admin-pool01