diff --git a/test/zdtm/static/cgroup03.desc b/test/zdtm/static/cgroup03.desc
index 3c6c4a7e2..42a3f2b73 100644
--- a/test/zdtm/static/cgroup03.desc
+++ b/test/zdtm/static/cgroup03.desc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-{'flavor': 'h', 'flags': 'suid', 'opts': '--manage-cgroups'}
+{'flavor': 'h', 'flags': 'suid excl', 'opts': '--manage-cgroups'}