diff --git a/libvirt/tests/src/numa/guest_numa_node_tuning/memory_binding_setting.py b/libvirt/tests/src/numa/guest_numa_node_tuning/memory_binding_setting.py
index 1f5d751be4..1973261281 100644
--- a/libvirt/tests/src/numa/guest_numa_node_tuning/memory_binding_setting.py
+++ b/libvirt/tests/src/numa/guest_numa_node_tuning/memory_binding_setting.py
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 from virttest import test_setup
 from virttest.libvirt_xml import vm_xml
 from virttest.utils_test import libvirt
+from virttest.utils_libvirt import libvirt_numa
 
 from provider.numa import numa_base
 
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ def verify_cgroup(test_obj):
     """
     mem_mode = test_obj.params.get('mem_mode')
     nodeset = numa_base.convert_to_string_with_dash(test_obj.params.get('nodeset'))
+    online_nodes = libvirt_numa.parse_numa_nodeset_to_str('x-y', test_obj.online_nodes)
     vm_pid = test_obj.vm.get_pid()
     cg = libvirt_cgroup.CgroupTest(vm_pid)
     surfix = 'emulator/cpuset.mems' if cg.is_cgroup_v2_enabled() else 'cpuset.mems'
@@ -183,18 +185,17 @@ def verify_cgroup(test_obj):
     cmd = 'cat %s' % re.escape(cpuset_mems_cgroup_path)
     cpuset_mems = process.run(cmd, shell=True).stdout_text.strip()
     if mem_mode in ['strict', 'restrictive']:
-        if cpuset_mems != nodeset:
-            test_obj.test.fail("Expect cpuset.mems in "
-                               "path '%s' to be %s, but "
-                               "found '%s'" % (cpuset_mems_cgroup_path,
-                                               nodeset,
-                                               cpuset_mems))
+        expected_cpuset_mems = nodeset
+    elif cg.is_cgroup_v2_enabled():
+        expected_cpuset_mems = ""
     else:
-        if cpuset_mems:
-            test_obj.test.fail("Expect cpuset.mems in "
-                               "path '%s' to be '', but "
-                               "found '%s'" % (cpuset_mems_cgroup_path,
-                                               cpuset_mems))
+        expected_cpuset_mems = online_nodes
+    if cpuset_mems != expected_cpuset_mems:
+        test_obj.test.fail("Expect cpuset.mems in "
+                           "path '%s' to be %s, but "
+                           "found '%s'" % (cpuset_mems_cgroup_path,
+                                           expected_cpuset_mems,
+                                           cpuset_mems))
     test_obj.test.log.debug("Step: verify cgroup information PASS")