diff --git a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
index d1e8ed613536..633b8f95f9b5 100644
--- a/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
+++ b/src/runtime/virtcontainers/clh.go
@@ -474,7 +474,8 @@ func (clh *cloudHypervisor) enableProtection() error {
 		return nil
 
 	default:
-		return errors.New("This system doesn't support Confidential Computing (Guest Protection)")
+		// Allow running with no hardware protection for testing.
+		return nil
 	}
 }