diff --git a/samples/features/azure-arc/deployment/kubeadm/ubuntu-single-node-vm/setup-controller.sh b/samples/features/azure-arc/deployment/kubeadm/ubuntu-single-node-vm/setup-controller.sh
index 159f37d4..f2ff581b 100644
--- a/samples/features/azure-arc/deployment/kubeadm/ubuntu-single-node-vm/setup-controller.sh
+++ b/samples/features/azure-arc/deployment/kubeadm/ubuntu-single-node-vm/setup-controller.sh
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ echo "Starting to setup pre-requisites for kubernetes..."
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 echo $(hostname -i) $(hostname) >> sudo tee -a /etc/hosts
 
-swapoff -a
+sudo swapoff -a
 sudo sed -i '/swap/s/^\(.*\)$/#\1/g' /etc/fstab
 
 curl -s https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key add -