diff --git a/src/syscall/exec_linux_test.go b/src/syscall/exec_linux_test.go
index a035d415ed..1e21fffaef 100644
--- a/src/syscall/exec_linux_test.go
+++ b/src/syscall/exec_linux_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package syscall_test
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
+	"errors"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"internal/testenv"
@@ -504,7 +505,8 @@ func prepareCgroupFD(t *testing.T) (int, string) {
 	// Need an ability to create a sub-cgroup.
 	subCgroup, err := os.MkdirTemp(prefix+string(bytes.TrimSpace(cg)), "subcg-")
 	if err != nil {
-		if os.IsPermission(err) {
+		// Running in an unprivileged container, this may also return EROFS #57262.
+		if os.IsPermission(err) || errors.Is(err, syscall.EROFS) {
 			t.Skip(err)
 		}
 		t.Fatal(err)