diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c
index 14c9fe2848062f0c2a8c37004f087d07b1d976f6..075cb0c730149907414f0aa7b1f2957d7e8361e9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cgroup/cgroup_util.c
@@ -181,8 +181,7 @@ int cg_find_unified_root(char *root, size_t len)
 		strtok(NULL, delim);
 		strtok(NULL, delim);
 
-		if (strcmp(fs, "cgroup") == 0 &&
-		    strcmp(type, "cgroup2") == 0) {
+		if (strcmp(type, "cgroup2") == 0) {
 			strncpy(root, mount, len);
 			return 0;
 		}