diff --git a/test/e2e_node/node_container_manager_test.go b/test/e2e_node/node_container_manager_test.go
index 1e02dc6b32a..35cdc679f15 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/node_container_manager_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/node_container_manager_test.go
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import (
 	admissionapi "k8s.io/pod-security-admission/api"
 
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework"
-	e2eskipper "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/framework/skipper"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e/nodefeature"
 	e2enodekubelet "k8s.io/kubernetes/test/e2e_node/kubeletconfig"
 
@@ -45,7 +44,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
-func setDesiredConfiguration(initialConfig *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration) {
+func setDesiredConfiguration(initialConfig *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration, cgroupManager cm.CgroupManager) {
 	initialConfig.EnforceNodeAllocatable = []string{"pods", kubeReservedCgroup, systemReservedCgroup}
 	initialConfig.SystemReserved = map[string]string{
 		string(v1.ResourceCPU):    "100m",
@@ -62,6 +61,11 @@ func setDesiredConfiguration(initialConfig *kubeletconfig.KubeletConfiguration)
 	initialConfig.CgroupsPerQOS = true
 	initialConfig.KubeReservedCgroup = kubeReservedCgroup
 	initialConfig.SystemReservedCgroup = systemReservedCgroup
+
+	if initialConfig.CgroupDriver == "systemd" {
+		initialConfig.KubeReservedCgroup = cm.NewCgroupName(cm.RootCgroupName, kubeReservedCgroup).ToSystemd()
+		initialConfig.SystemReservedCgroup = cm.NewCgroupName(cm.RootCgroupName, systemReservedCgroup).ToSystemd()
+	}
 }
 
 var _ = SIGDescribe("Node Container Manager", framework.WithSerial(), func() {
@@ -172,15 +176,6 @@ func runTest(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	// Test needs to be updated to make it run properly on systemd.
-	// In its current state it will result in kubelet error since
-	// kubeReservedCgroup and systemReservedCgroup are not configured
-	// correctly for systemd.
-	// See: https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/issues/102394
-	if oldCfg.CgroupDriver == "systemd" {
-		e2eskipper.Skipf("unable to run test when using systemd as cgroup driver")
-	}
-
 	// Create a cgroup manager object for manipulating cgroups.
 	cgroupManager := cm.NewCgroupManager(subsystems, oldCfg.CgroupDriver)
 
@@ -210,9 +205,10 @@ func runTest(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework) error {
 	if err := createTemporaryCgroupsForReservation(cgroupManager); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
 	newCfg := oldCfg.DeepCopy()
 	// Change existing kubelet configuration
-	setDesiredConfiguration(newCfg)
+	setDesiredConfiguration(newCfg, cgroupManager)
 	// Set the new kubelet configuration.
 	// Update the Kubelet configuration.
 	ginkgo.By("Stopping the kubelet")
@@ -311,7 +307,7 @@ func runTest(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework) error {
 
 	cgroupPath := ""
 	if currentConfig.CgroupDriver == "systemd" {
-		cgroupPath = cm.ParseSystemdToCgroupName(kubeReservedCgroup).ToSystemd()
+		cgroupPath = cm.NewCgroupName(cm.RootCgroupName, kubeReservedCgroup).ToSystemd()
 	} else {
 		cgroupPath = cgroupManager.Name(cm.NewCgroupName(cm.RootCgroupName, kubeReservedCgroup))
 	}
@@ -339,7 +335,7 @@ func runTest(ctx context.Context, f *framework.Framework) error {
 	}
 
 	if currentConfig.CgroupDriver == "systemd" {
-		cgroupPath = cm.ParseSystemdToCgroupName(systemReservedCgroup).ToSystemd()
+		cgroupPath = cm.NewCgroupName(cm.RootCgroupName, systemReservedCgroup).ToSystemd()
 	} else {
 		cgroupPath = cgroupManager.Name(cm.NewCgroupName(cm.RootCgroupName, systemReservedCgroup))
 	}