diff --git a/test/blobfs/rocksdb/run_tests.sh b/test/blobfs/rocksdb/run_tests.sh
index b4c5f19cd..a110e934f 100755
--- a/test/blobfs/rocksdb/run_tests.sh
+++ b/test/blobfs/rocksdb/run_tests.sh
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ run_step() {
 
 	if [ "$NO_SPDK" = "1" ]
 	then
+	  drop_caches
 	  cat /sys/block/nvme0n1/stat >> "$1"_blockdev_stats.txt
 	fi
 
@@ -161,6 +162,12 @@ run_step() {
 	fi
 }
 
+drop_caches() {
+	echo -n Cleaning Page Cache...
+	echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
+	echo done.
+}
+
 if [ -z "$SKIP_INSERT" ]
 then
 	run_step insert