diff --git a/automation/roles/pre-checks/tasks/huge_pages.yml b/automation/roles/pre-checks/tasks/huge_pages.yml
index 1c5b0fa87..25cc41199 100644
--- a/automation/roles/pre-checks/tasks/huge_pages.yml
+++ b/automation/roles/pre-checks/tasks/huge_pages.yml
@@ -55,8 +55,12 @@
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         huge_pages_required: >-
           {{
-            ((shared_buffers_gb | default(0) | int + (additional_huge_pages_gb | default(1)))
-            * 1024 * 1024) // huge_page_size.stdout | default(2048) | int
+            (
+              (shared_buffers_gb | default(0) | int
+              + additional_huge_pages_gb | default(1))
+              * 1024 * 1024
+            )
+            // (huge_page_size.stdout | int if huge_page_size.stdout | int > 0 else 2048)
           }}
       when:
         - shared_buffers_gb | default(0) | int >= (min_shared_buffers_gb | default(8))