diff --git a/tests/integration/events.bats b/tests/integration/events.bats
index a8fe52baf69..06c47ee7cc3 100644
--- a/tests/integration/events.bats
+++ b/tests/integration/events.bats
@@ -99,4 +99,6 @@ function test_events() {
 	wait # wait for the above sub shells to finish
 
 	grep -q '{"type":"oom","id":"test_busybox"}' events.log
+
+	systemd_reset_failed
 }
diff --git a/tests/integration/helpers.bash b/tests/integration/helpers.bash
index 9f3890a8c3e..590efec9671 100644
--- a/tests/integration/helpers.bash
+++ b/tests/integration/helpers.bash
@@ -620,3 +620,8 @@ function requires_kernel() {
 		skip "requires kernel $1"
 	fi
 }
+
+function systemd_reset_failed() {
+	[ ! -v RUNC_USE_SYSTEMD ] && return
+	systemctl reset-failed
+}