diff --git a/test/lib/jdk/test/lib/containers/cgroup/MetricsTesterCgroupV2.java b/test/lib/jdk/test/lib/containers/cgroup/MetricsTesterCgroupV2.java
index a3723e2eda274..2a756102dede8 100644
--- a/test/lib/jdk/test/lib/containers/cgroup/MetricsTesterCgroupV2.java
+++ b/test/lib/jdk/test/lib/containers/cgroup/MetricsTesterCgroupV2.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /*
  * Copyright (c) 2020, Red Hat Inc.
+ * Copyright (c) 2025, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -447,13 +448,13 @@ private void testIOStat() {
         Metrics metrics = Metrics.systemMetrics();
         long oldVal = metrics.getBlkIOServiceCount();
         long newVal = getIoStatAccumulate(new String[] { "rios", "wios" });
-        if (!CgroupMetricsTester.compareWithErrorMargin(oldVal, newVal)) {
+        if (newVal < oldVal) {
             fail("io.stat->rios/wios: ", oldVal, newVal);
         }
 
         oldVal = metrics.getBlkIOServiced();
         newVal = getIoStatAccumulate(new String[] { "rbytes", "wbytes" });
-        if (!CgroupMetricsTester.compareWithErrorMargin(oldVal, newVal)) {
+        if (newVal < oldVal) {
             fail("io.stat->rbytes/wbytes: ", oldVal, newVal);
         }
     }