diff --git a/libvirt/tests/cfg/svirt/umask_value/svirt_umask_files_accessed_by_qemu.cfg b/libvirt/tests/cfg/svirt/umask_value/svirt_umask_files_accessed_by_qemu.cfg
index fed7c58651..f38ae0a6af 100644
--- a/libvirt/tests/cfg/svirt/umask_value/svirt_umask_files_accessed_by_qemu.cfg
+++ b/libvirt/tests/cfg/svirt/umask_value/svirt_umask_files_accessed_by_qemu.cfg
@@ -3,8 +3,5 @@
     start_vm = "no"
     umask_value = '027'
     mem_backing_attrs = {'hugepages': {}}
-    target_hugepages = 1024
-    aarch64:
-        target_hugepages = 4
     s390-virtio:
         kvm_module_parameters = "hpage=1"
diff --git a/libvirt/tests/src/svirt/umask_value/svirt_umask_files_accessed_by_qemu.py b/libvirt/tests/src/svirt/umask_value/svirt_umask_files_accessed_by_qemu.py
index cab63676bc..0aaceab9c3 100644
--- a/libvirt/tests/src/svirt/umask_value/svirt_umask_files_accessed_by_qemu.py
+++ b/libvirt/tests/src/svirt/umask_value/svirt_umask_files_accessed_by_qemu.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from virttest import utils_libvirtd
 from virttest.libvirt_xml import vm_xml
 from virttest.libvirt_xml.vm_xml import VMXML
+from avocado.utils import memory as avocado_mem
 
 
 def run(test, params, env):
@@ -30,6 +31,13 @@ def run(test, params, env):
         if os.path.exists(hp_path):
             shutil.rmtree(hp_path)
             utils_libvirtd.Libvirtd().restart()
+
+        # calculate the target_hugepage  from VM memory and actual HP size
+        actual_hp_size = avocado_mem.get_huge_page_size()
+        target_hugepages = int(vmxml.memory / actual_hp_size)
+        params["target_hugepages"] = target_hugepages
+        test.log.debug(f"Requred VM memory {vmxml.memory}, calculated tareget_hugepages: {target_hugepages}")
+
         hp_cfg = test_setup.HugePageConfig(params)
         hp_cfg.set_hugepages()