diff --git a/manifest-rhel-9.2.yaml b/manifest-rhel-9.2.yaml
index 3c7e6ac3d..03698ce74 100644
--- a/manifest-rhel-9.2.yaml
+++ b/manifest-rhel-9.2.yaml
@@ -108,6 +108,17 @@ postprocess:
      ---
      EOF
 
+  # Add the hugetlbfs group to the openvswitch user if the openvswitch-hugetlbfs.conf
+  # sysusers fragment exists. The usermod used to happen in the RPM scriptlets but
+  # that stopped working in the sysusers conversion. We still need need to investigate
+  # it further. https://github.com/openshift/os/issues/1274#issuecomment-1595860275
+  - |
+     #!/usr/bin/env bash
+     set -xeo pipefail
+     if [ -f /usr/lib/sysusers.d/openvswitch-hugetlbfs.conf ]; then
+         usermod -a -G hugetlbfs openvswitch
+     fi
+
 # Packages that are only in RHCOS and not in SCOS or that have special
 # constraints that do not apply to SCOS
 packages: