diff --git a/test/e2e/pod_stats_test.go b/test/e2e/pod_stats_test.go
index 85a60b29bf..9af410fcc3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/pod_stats_test.go
+++ b/test/e2e/pod_stats_test.go
@@ -179,7 +179,8 @@ var _ = Describe("Podman pod stats", func() {
 
 	It("podman stats on net=host post", func() {
 		// --net=host not supported for rootless pods at present
-		SkipIfRootlessCgroupsV1("Pause stats not supported in cgroups v1")
+		// problem with sysctls being passed to containers of the pod.
+		SkipIfCgroupV1("Bug: Error: sysctl net.ipv4.ping_group_range is not allowed in the hosts network namespace: OCI runtime error")
 		podName := "testPod"
 		podCreate := podmanTest.Podman([]string{"pod", "create", "--net=host", "--name", podName})
 		podCreate.WaitWithDefaultTimeout()