diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/vm-kind-smoke.yml b/.gitea/workflows/vm-kind-smoke.yml
index 2c262e0..3928846 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/vm-kind-smoke.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/vm-kind-smoke.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ ! -e /dev/kmsg ]]; then
+            sudo mknod /dev/kmsg c 1 11
+          fi
           sudo install -d /var/lib/docker
           sudo truncate -s 20G /tmp/docker-data.img
           sudo mkfs.ext4 -F /tmp/docker-data.img