diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.c
index 25d38aa742a..0be06c8c095 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn-mount.c
@@ -931,7 +931,7 @@ int mount_cgroups(
 
         if (unified_requested >= CGROUP_UNIFIED_ALL)
                 return mount_unified_cgroups(dest);
-        else if (use_cgns && cg_ns_supported())
+        else if (use_cgns)
                 return mount_legacy_cgns_supported(unified_requested, userns, uid_shift, uid_range, selinux_apifs_context);
 
         return mount_legacy_cgns_unsupported(dest, unified_requested, userns, uid_shift, uid_range, selinux_apifs_context);
diff --git a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
index a173d171e15..d62b8c6b824 100644
--- a/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
+++ b/src/nspawn/nspawn.c
@@ -2724,7 +2724,7 @@ static int inner_child(
                                 arg_uid_shift,
                                 arg_uid_range,
                                 arg_selinux_apifs_context,
-                                arg_use_cgns);
+                                true);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
         } else {
@@ -3136,7 +3136,7 @@ static int outer_child(
                                 arg_uid_shift,
                                 arg_uid_range,
                                 arg_selinux_apifs_context,
-                                arg_use_cgns);
+                                false);
                 if (r < 0)
                         return r;
         }