diff --git a/src/tests/lxc-test-unpriv b/src/tests/lxc-test-unpriv
index bbe1e08cf..139b0807f 100755
--- a/src/tests/lxc-test-unpriv
+++ b/src/tests/lxc-test-unpriv
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ chown -R $TUSER /run/user/$(id -u $TUSER)
 cd $HDIR
 
 if [ -e /sys/fs/cgroup/cgmanager/sock ]; then
-	for d in $(grep -v ^# /proc/cgroups | awk '{print $1}'); do
+	for d in $(cut -d : -f 2 /proc/self/cgroup); do
 		dbus-send --print-reply --address=unix:path=/sys/fs/cgroup/cgmanager/sock \
 			--type=method_call /org/linuxcontainers/cgmanager org.linuxcontainers.cgmanager0_0.Create \
 			string:$d string:$TUSER >/dev/null
diff --git a/src/tests/lxc-test-usernic.in b/src/tests/lxc-test-usernic.in
index 93af62303..ad11f0aa7 100755
--- a/src/tests/lxc-test-usernic.in
+++ b/src/tests/lxc-test-usernic.in
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ lxc.id_map = g 0 910000 10000
 EOF
 
 if [ -e /sys/fs/cgroup/cgmanager/sock ]; then
-	for d in $(grep -v ^# /proc/cgroups | awk '{print $1}'); do
+	for d in $(cut -d : -f 2 /proc/self/cgroup); do
 		dbus-send --print-reply --address=unix:path=/sys/fs/cgroup/cgmanager/sock \
 			--type=method_call /org/linuxcontainers/cgmanager org.linuxcontainers.cgmanager0_0.Create \
 			string:$d string:usernic-user >/dev/null