snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s%s", NETCLS_MOUNT_PATH,   \
                 CGROUP_WORK_DIR)
 
+static __thread bool cgroup_workdir_mounted;
+
+static void __cleanup_cgroup_environment(void);
+
 static int __enable_controllers(const char *cgroup_path, const char *controllers)
 {
        char path[PATH_MAX + 1];
                log_err("mount cgroup2");
                return 1;
        }
+       cgroup_workdir_mounted = true;
 
        /* Cleanup existing failed runs, now that the environment is setup */
-       cleanup_cgroup_environment();
+       __cleanup_cgroup_environment();
 
        if (mkdir(cgroup_workdir, 0777) && errno != EEXIST) {
                log_err("mkdir cgroup work dir");
        return join_cgroup_from_top(cgroup_path);
 }
 
+/**
+ * __cleanup_cgroup_environment() - Delete temporary cgroups
+ *
+ * This is a helper for cleanup_cgroup_environment() that is responsible for
+ * deletion of all temporary cgroups that have been created during the test.
+ */
+static void __cleanup_cgroup_environment(void)
+{
+       char cgroup_workdir[PATH_MAX + 1];
+
+       format_cgroup_path(cgroup_workdir, "");
+       join_cgroup_from_top(CGROUP_MOUNT_PATH);
+       nftw(cgroup_workdir, nftwfunc, WALK_FD_LIMIT, FTW_DEPTH | FTW_MOUNT);
+}
+
 /**
  * cleanup_cgroup_environment() - Cleanup Cgroup Testing Environment
  *
  * This is an idempotent function to delete all temporary cgroups that
- * have been created during the test, including the cgroup testing work
+ * have been created during the test and unmount the cgroup testing work
  * directory.
  *
  * At call time, it moves the calling process to the root cgroup, and then
  */
 void cleanup_cgroup_environment(void)
 {
-       char cgroup_workdir[PATH_MAX + 1];
-
-       format_cgroup_path(cgroup_workdir, "");
-       join_cgroup_from_top(CGROUP_MOUNT_PATH);
-       nftw(cgroup_workdir, nftwfunc, WALK_FD_LIMIT, FTW_DEPTH | FTW_MOUNT);
+       __cleanup_cgroup_environment();
+       if (cgroup_workdir_mounted && umount(CGROUP_MOUNT_PATH))
+               log_err("umount cgroup2");
+       cgroup_workdir_mounted = false;
 }
 
 /**