diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/charge_reserved_hugetlb.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/charge_reserved_hugetlb.sh
index fe8fcfb334e0..a5cb4b09a46c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/charge_reserved_hugetlb.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/charge_reserved_hugetlb.sh
@@ -24,19 +24,23 @@ if [[ "$1" == "-cgroup-v2" ]]; then
   reservation_usage_file=rsvd.current
 fi
 
-cgroup_path=/dev/cgroup/memory
-if [[ ! -e $cgroup_path ]]; then
-  mkdir -p $cgroup_path
-  if [[ $cgroup2 ]]; then
+if [[ $cgroup2 ]]; then
+  cgroup_path=$(mount -t cgroup2 | head -1 | awk -e '{print $3}')
+  if [[ -z "$cgroup_path" ]]; then
+    cgroup_path=/dev/cgroup/memory
     mount -t cgroup2 none $cgroup_path
-  else
+    do_umount=1
+  fi
+  echo "+hugetlb" >$cgroup_path/cgroup.subtree_control
+else
+  cgroup_path=$(mount -t cgroup | grep ",hugetlb" | awk -e '{print $3}')
+  if [[ -z "$cgroup_path" ]]; then
+    cgroup_path=/dev/cgroup/memory
     mount -t cgroup memory,hugetlb $cgroup_path
+    do_umount=1
   fi
 fi
-
-if [[ $cgroup2 ]]; then
-  echo "+hugetlb" >/dev/cgroup/memory/cgroup.subtree_control
-fi
+export cgroup_path
 
 function cleanup() {
   if [[ $cgroup2 ]]; then
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ function setup_cgroup() {
 
 function wait_for_hugetlb_memory_to_get_depleted() {
   local cgroup="$1"
-  local path="/dev/cgroup/memory/$cgroup/hugetlb.${MB}MB.$reservation_usage_file"
+  local path="$cgroup_path/$cgroup/hugetlb.${MB}MB.$reservation_usage_file"
   # Wait for hugetlbfs memory to get depleted.
   while [ $(cat $path) != 0 ]; do
     echo Waiting for hugetlb memory to get depleted.
@@ -121,7 +125,7 @@ function wait_for_hugetlb_memory_to_get_reserved() {
   local cgroup="$1"
   local size="$2"
 
-  local path="/dev/cgroup/memory/$cgroup/hugetlb.${MB}MB.$reservation_usage_file"
+  local path="$cgroup_path/$cgroup/hugetlb.${MB}MB.$reservation_usage_file"
   # Wait for hugetlbfs memory to get written.
   while [ $(cat $path) != $size ]; do
     echo Waiting for hugetlb memory reservation to reach size $size.
@@ -134,7 +138,7 @@ function wait_for_hugetlb_memory_to_get_written() {
   local cgroup="$1"
   local size="$2"
 
-  local path="/dev/cgroup/memory/$cgroup/hugetlb.${MB}MB.$fault_usage_file"
+  local path="$cgroup_path/$cgroup/hugetlb.${MB}MB.$fault_usage_file"
   # Wait for hugetlbfs memory to get written.
   while [ $(cat $path) != $size ]; do
     echo Waiting for hugetlb memory to reach size $size.
@@ -574,5 +578,7 @@ for populate in "" "-o"; do
   done     # populate
 done       # method
 
-umount $cgroup_path
-rmdir $cgroup_path
+if [[ $do_umount ]]; then
+  umount $cgroup_path
+  rmdir $cgroup_path
+fi
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugetlb_reparenting_test.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugetlb_reparenting_test.sh
index 4a9a3afe9fd4..bf2d2a684edf 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugetlb_reparenting_test.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/hugetlb_reparenting_test.sh
@@ -18,19 +18,24 @@ if [[ "$1" == "-cgroup-v2" ]]; then
   usage_file=current
 fi
 
-CGROUP_ROOT='/dev/cgroup/memory'
-MNT='/mnt/huge/'
 
-if [[ ! -e $CGROUP_ROOT ]]; then
-  mkdir -p $CGROUP_ROOT
-  if [[ $cgroup2 ]]; then
+if [[ $cgroup2 ]]; then
+  CGROUP_ROOT=$(mount -t cgroup2 | head -1 | awk -e '{print $3}')
+  if [[ -z "$CGROUP_ROOT" ]]; then
+    CGROUP_ROOT=/dev/cgroup/memory
     mount -t cgroup2 none $CGROUP_ROOT
-    sleep 1
-    echo "+hugetlb +memory" >$CGROUP_ROOT/cgroup.subtree_control
-  else
+    do_umount=1
+  fi
+  echo "+hugetlb +memory" >$CGROUP_ROOT/cgroup.subtree_control
+else
+  CGROUP_ROOT=$(mount -t cgroup | grep ",hugetlb" | awk -e '{print $3}')
+  if [[ -z "$CGROUP_ROOT" ]]; then
+    CGROUP_ROOT=/dev/cgroup/memory
     mount -t cgroup memory,hugetlb $CGROUP_ROOT
+    do_umount=1
   fi
 fi
+MNT='/mnt/huge/'
 
 function get_machine_hugepage_size() {
   hpz=$(grep -i hugepagesize /proc/meminfo)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/write_hugetlb_memory.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/write_hugetlb_memory.sh
index d3d0d108924d..70a02301f4c2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/write_hugetlb_memory.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/write_hugetlb_memory.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ want_sleep=$8
 reserve=$9
 
 echo "Putting task in cgroup '$cgroup'"
-echo $$ > /dev/cgroup/memory/"$cgroup"/cgroup.procs
+echo $$ > ${cgroup_path:-/dev/cgroup/memory}/"$cgroup"/cgroup.procs
 
 echo "Method is $method"