diff --git a/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go b/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go
index d20608f790d..499d9d8819f 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/eviction_test.go
@@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ func runEvictionTest(f *framework.Framework, pressureTimeout time.Duration, expe
 	ginkgo.Context("", func() {
 		ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() {
 			// reduce memory usage in the allocatable cgroup to ensure we do not have MemoryPressure
-			reduceAllocatableMemoryUsage()
+			reduceAllocatableMemoryUsageIfCgroupv1()
 			// Nodes do not immediately report local storage capacity
 			// Sleep so that pods requesting local storage do not fail to schedule
 			time.Sleep(30 * time.Second)
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ func runEvictionTest(f *framework.Framework, pressureTimeout time.Duration, expe
 				return nil
 			}, pressureDisappearTimeout, evictionPollInterval).Should(gomega.BeNil())
 
-			reduceAllocatableMemoryUsage()
+			reduceAllocatableMemoryUsageIfCgroupv1()
 			ginkgo.By("making sure we have all the required images for testing")
 			prePullImagesIfNeccecary()
 
diff --git a/test/e2e_node/util.go b/test/e2e_node/util.go
index 819640c150e..c06fec59488 100644
--- a/test/e2e_node/util.go
+++ b/test/e2e_node/util.go
@@ -468,13 +468,16 @@ func toCgroupFsName(cgroupName cm.CgroupName) string {
 	return cgroupName.ToCgroupfs()
 }
 
-// reduceAllocatableMemoryUsage uses memory.force_empty (https://lwn.net/Articles/432224/)
+// reduceAllocatableMemoryUsageIfCgroupv1 uses memory.force_empty (https://lwn.net/Articles/432224/)
 // to make the kernel reclaim memory in the allocatable cgroup
-// the time to reduce pressure may be unbounded, but usually finishes within a second
-func reduceAllocatableMemoryUsage() {
-	cmd := fmt.Sprintf("echo 0 > /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/%s/memory.force_empty", toCgroupFsName(cm.NewCgroupName(cm.RootCgroupName, defaultNodeAllocatableCgroup)))
-	_, err := exec.Command("sudo", "sh", "-c", cmd).CombinedOutput()
-	framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+// the time to reduce pressure may be unbounded, but usually finishes within a second.
+// memory.force_empty is no supported in cgroupv2.
+func reduceAllocatableMemoryUsageIfCgroupv1() {
+	if !IsCgroup2UnifiedMode() {
+		cmd := fmt.Sprintf("echo 0 > /sys/fs/cgroup/memory/%s/memory.force_empty", toCgroupFsName(cm.NewCgroupName(cm.RootCgroupName, defaultNodeAllocatableCgroup)))
+		_, err := exec.Command("sudo", "sh", "-c", cmd).CombinedOutput()
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+	}
 }
 
 // Equivalent of featuregatetesting.SetFeatureGateDuringTest