diff --git a/openvswitch.spec b/openvswitch.spec
index 55fee25..15ddc00 100644
--- a/openvswitch.spec
+++ b/openvswitch.spec
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ getent group openvswitch >/dev/null || groupadd -r openvswitch
 getent passwd openvswitch >/dev/null || \
     useradd -r -g openvswitch -d / -s /sbin/nologin \
     -c "Open vSwitch Daemons" openvswitch
-getent group hugetlbfs >/dev/null || groupadd hugetlbfs
+getent group hugetlbfs >/dev/null || groupadd -r hugetlbfs
 usermod -a -G hugetlbfs openvswitch
 exit 0