diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-05.rlimit.sh b/test/units/testsuite-05.rlimit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..bbf3adbe65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-05.rlimit.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+set -eux
+set -o pipefail
+
+P=/run/systemd/system.conf.d
+mkdir $P
+
+cat >$P/rlimits.conf <<EOF
+[Manager]
+DefaultLimitNOFILE=10000:16384
+EOF
+
+systemctl daemon-reload
+
+[[ "$(systemctl show -P DefaultLimitNOFILESoft)" = "10000" ]]
+[[ "$(systemctl show -P DefaultLimitNOFILE)" = "16384" ]]
+
+[[ "$(systemctl show -P LimitNOFILESoft testsuite-05.service)" = "10000" ]]
+[[ "$(systemctl show -P LimitNOFILE testsuite-05.service)" = "16384" ]]
+
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+systemd-run --wait -t bash -c '[[ "$(ulimit -n -S)" = "10000" ]]'
+# shellcheck disable=SC2016
+systemd-run --wait -t bash -c '[[ "$(ulimit -n -H)" = "16384" ]]'
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-05.service b/test/units/testsuite-05.service
index ab72d8fe27..cf32accb8c 100644
--- a/test/units/testsuite-05.service
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-05.service
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 [Unit]
-Description=TEST-05-RLIMITS
+Description=TEST-05-LIMITS
 
 [Service]
 ExecStartPre=rm -f /failed /testok
diff --git a/test/units/testsuite-05.sh b/test/units/testsuite-05.sh
index 870845d14b..9c2a033aa9 100755
--- a/test/units/testsuite-05.sh
+++ b/test/units/testsuite-05.sh
@@ -3,25 +3,9 @@
 set -eux
 set -o pipefail
 
-P=/run/systemd/system.conf.d
-mkdir $P
+# shellcheck source=test/units/test-control.sh
+. "$(dirname "$0")"/test-control.sh
 
-cat >$P/rlimits.conf <<EOF
-[Manager]
-DefaultLimitNOFILE=10000:16384
-EOF
-
-systemctl daemon-reload
-
-[[ "$(systemctl show -P DefaultLimitNOFILESoft)" = "10000" ]]
-[[ "$(systemctl show -P DefaultLimitNOFILE)" = "16384" ]]
-
-[[ "$(systemctl show -P LimitNOFILESoft testsuite-05.service)" = "10000" ]]
-[[ "$(systemctl show -P LimitNOFILE testsuite-05.service)" = "16384" ]]
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2016
-systemd-run --wait -t bash -c '[[ "$(ulimit -n -S)" = "10000" ]]'
-# shellcheck disable=SC2016
-systemd-run --wait -t bash -c '[[ "$(ulimit -n -H)" = "16384" ]]'
+run_subtests
 
 touch /testok