diff --git a/pkg/cluster/manager/check.go b/pkg/cluster/manager/check.go
index a4c931937d..f8aa399625 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/manager/check.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/manager/check.go
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ func fixFailedChecks(host string, res *operator.CheckResult, t *task.Builder) (s
 		// in the sysctl check
 		// t.Sysctl(host, "vm.swappiness", "0")
 		t.Shell(host,
-			"swapoff -a",
+			"swapoff -a || exit 0", // ignore failure
 			"", true,
 		)
 		msg = "will try to disable swap, please also check /etc/fstab manually"