diff --git a/src/core/cgroup.c b/src/core/cgroup.c
index 3f8e06240f..8f39c9436b 100644
--- a/src/core/cgroup.c
+++ b/src/core/cgroup.c
@@ -3303,7 +3303,7 @@ void manager_shutdown_cgroup(Manager *m, bool delete) {
 
         /* We can't really delete the group, since we are in it. But
          * let's trim it. */
-        if (delete && m->cgroup_root && m->test_run_flags != MANAGER_TEST_RUN_MINIMAL)
+        if (delete && m->cgroup_root && !FLAGS_SET(m->test_run_flags, MANAGER_TEST_RUN_MINIMAL))
                 (void) cg_trim(SYSTEMD_CGROUP_CONTROLLER, m->cgroup_root, false);
 
         m->cgroup_empty_event_source = sd_event_source_unref(m->cgroup_empty_event_source);
diff --git a/src/core/manager.c b/src/core/manager.c
index f3275a4070..c239737e40 100644
--- a/src/core/manager.c
+++ b/src/core/manager.c
@@ -870,7 +870,7 @@ int manager_new(UnitFileScope scope, ManagerTestRunFlags test_run_flags, Manager
         if (r < 0)
                 return r;
 
-        if (test_run_flags == MANAGER_TEST_RUN_MINIMAL) {
+        if (FLAGS_SET(test_run_flags, MANAGER_TEST_RUN_MINIMAL)) {
                 m->cgroup_root = strdup("");
                 if (!m->cgroup_root)
                         return -ENOMEM;