diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/pids_test.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/pids_test.go
index 06b11927a..d4e3555f5 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/pids_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/pids_test.go
@@ -80,4 +80,8 @@ func TestPidsStats(t *testing.T) {
 	if stats.PidsStats.Current != 1337 {
 		t.Fatalf("Expected %d, got %d for pids.current", 1337, stats.PidsStats.Current)
 	}
+
+	if stats.PidsStats.Max != maxLimited {
+		t.Fatalf("Expected %d, got %d for pids.max", maxLimited, stats.PidsStats.Max)
+	}
 }