diff --git a/src/tests/lxc-test-apparmor-mount b/src/tests/lxc-test-apparmor-mount
index a09fd5443..ddcee8a76 100755
--- a/src/tests/lxc-test-apparmor-mount
+++ b/src/tests/lxc-test-apparmor-mount
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ elif [ -e /sys/fs/cgroup/cgmanager/sock ]; then
 	done
 else
 	for d in /sys/fs/cgroup/*; do
+		[ "$d" = "/sys/fs/cgroup/unified" ] && continue
 		[ -f $d/cgroup.clone_children ] && echo 1 > $d/cgroup.clone_children
 		[ ! -d $d/lxctest ] && mkdir $d/lxctest
 		chown -R $TUSER: $d/lxctest
diff --git a/src/tests/lxc-test-unpriv b/src/tests/lxc-test-unpriv
index 5fe092794..5f2a18f68 100755
--- a/src/tests/lxc-test-unpriv
+++ b/src/tests/lxc-test-unpriv
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ elif [ -e /sys/fs/cgroup/cgmanager/sock ]; then
 	done
 else
 	for d in /sys/fs/cgroup/*; do
+		[ "$d" = "/sys/fs/cgroup/unified" ] && continue
 		[ -f $d/cgroup.clone_children ] && echo 1 > $d/cgroup.clone_children
 		[ ! -d $d/lxctest ] && mkdir $d/lxctest
 		chown -R $TUSER: $d/lxctest
diff --git a/src/tests/lxc-test-usernic.in b/src/tests/lxc-test-usernic.in
index f7d19a362..3e35008c6 100755
--- a/src/tests/lxc-test-usernic.in
+++ b/src/tests/lxc-test-usernic.in
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ elif [ -e /sys/fs/cgroup/cgmanager/sock ]; then
 	done
 else
 	for d in /sys/fs/cgroup/*; do
+		[ "$d" = "/sys/fs/cgroup/unified" ] && continue
 		[ -f $d/cgroup.clone_children ] && echo 1 > $d/cgroup.clone_children
 		[ ! -d $d/lxctest ] && mkdir $d/lxctest
 		chown -R usernic-user: $d/lxctest