diff --git a/pkg/internal/checkup/executor/oslat/client.go b/pkg/internal/checkup/executor/oslat/client.go
index e5fecd81..8f76f73f 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/checkup/executor/oslat/client.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/checkup/executor/oslat/client.go
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ func getMaxLatencyValue(values []string, units string) (time.Duration, error) {
 
 func buildOslatCmd(testDuration time.Duration) string {
 	const (
-		cpuList          = "1-2"
+		cpuList          = "2-3"
 		realtimePriority = "1"
 		workload         = "memmove"
 		workloadMemory   = "4K"
diff --git a/pkg/internal/checkup/executor/oslat/client_test.go b/pkg/internal/checkup/executor/oslat/client_test.go
index 8f493269..90660592 100644
--- a/pkg/internal/checkup/executor/oslat/client_test.go
+++ b/pkg/internal/checkup/executor/oslat/client_test.go
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ func (c fakeClock) Now() time.Time {
 }
 
 const (
-	oslatRunCmd             = "taskset -c 1-2 oslat --cpu-list 1-2 --rtprio 1 --duration 1m0s --workload memmove --workload-mem 4K \n"
+	oslatRunCmd             = "taskset -c 2-3 oslat --cpu-list 2-3 --rtprio 1 --duration 1m0s --workload memmove --workload-mem 4K \n"
 	oslatRunResultsTemplate = "oslat V 2.60\n" +
 		"Total runtime: \t\t60 seconds\n" +
 		"Thread priority: \tSCHED_FIFO:1\n" +