diff --git a/hooks/nova_compute_utils.py b/hooks/nova_compute_utils.py
index 5cb5741c..15e7a535 100644
--- a/hooks/nova_compute_utils.py
+++ b/hooks/nova_compute_utils.py
@@ -819,6 +819,7 @@ def install_hugepages():
             group='root',
             nr_hugepages=hugepages,
             mount=False,
+            set_shmmax=True,
         )
         if subprocess.call(['mountpoint', mnt_point]):
             fstab_mount(mnt_point)