diff --git a/libcontainer/integration/exec_test.go b/libcontainer/integration/exec_test.go
index c13624446..5bfec5d73 100644
--- a/libcontainer/integration/exec_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/integration/exec_test.go
@@ -1373,9 +1373,7 @@ func testPidnsInitKill(t *testing.T, config *configs.Config) {
 	// Run a container with two long-running processes.
 	container, err := newContainer(t, config)
 	ok(t, err)
-	defer func() {
-		_ = container.Destroy()
-	}()
+	defer destroyContainer(container)
 
 	process1 := &libcontainer.Process{
 		Cwd:  "/",
@@ -1796,7 +1794,7 @@ func TestBindMountAndUser(t *testing.T) {
 
 	container, err := newContainer(t, config)
 	ok(t, err)
-	defer container.Destroy() //nolint: errcheck
+	defer destroyContainer(container)
 
 	var stdout bytes.Buffer
 
diff --git a/libcontainer/integration/seccomp_test.go b/libcontainer/integration/seccomp_test.go
index 1ca13ebcf..4e8e0912a 100644
--- a/libcontainer/integration/seccomp_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/integration/seccomp_test.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func TestSeccompDenySyslogWithErrno(t *testing.T) {
 
 	container, err := newContainer(t, config)
 	ok(t, err)
-	defer container.Destroy() //nolint:errcheck
+	defer destroyContainer(container)
 
 	buffers := newStdBuffers()
 	pwd := &libcontainer.Process{
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ func TestSeccompDenySyslog(t *testing.T) {
 
 	container, err := newContainer(t, config)
 	ok(t, err)
-	defer container.Destroy() //nolint:errcheck
+	defer destroyContainer(container)
 
 	buffers := newStdBuffers()
 	pwd := &libcontainer.Process{
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ func TestSeccompPermitWriteConditional(t *testing.T) {
 
 	container, err := newContainer(t, config)
 	ok(t, err)
-	defer container.Destroy() //nolint:errcheck
+	defer destroyContainer(container)
 
 	buffers := newStdBuffers()
 	dmesg := &libcontainer.Process{
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func TestSeccompDenyWriteConditional(t *testing.T) {
 
 	container, err := newContainer(t, config)
 	ok(t, err)
-	defer container.Destroy() //nolint:errcheck
+	defer destroyContainer(container)
 
 	buffers := newStdBuffers()
 	dmesg := &libcontainer.Process{