diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
index d303cf204c9..d95c53ab1dc 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
@@ -415,26 +415,29 @@ func ConvertCPUSharesToCgroupV2Value(cpuShares uint64) uint64 {
 
 // ConvertMemorySwapToCgroupV2Value converts MemorySwap value from OCI spec
 // for use by cgroup v2 drivers. A conversion is needed since Resources.MemorySwap
-// is defined as memory+swap combined, while in cgroup v2 swap is a separate value.
+// is defined as memory+swap combined, while in cgroup v2 swap is a separate value,
+// so we need to subtract memory from it where it makes sense.
 func ConvertMemorySwapToCgroupV2Value(memorySwap, memory int64) (int64, error) {
-	// for compatibility with cgroup1 controller, set swap to unlimited in
-	// case the memory is set to unlimited, and swap is not explicitly set,
-	// treating the request as "set both memory and swap to unlimited".
-	if memory == -1 && memorySwap == 0 {
+	switch {
+	case memory == -1 && memorySwap == 0:
+		// For compatibility with cgroup1 controller, set swap to unlimited in
+		// case the memory is set to unlimited and the swap is not explicitly set,
+		// treating the request as "set both memory and swap to unlimited".
 		return -1, nil
-	}
-	if memorySwap == -1 || memorySwap == 0 {
-		// -1 is "max", 0 is "unset", so treat as is
+	case memorySwap == -1, memorySwap == 0:
+		// Treat -1 ("max") and 0 ("unset") swap as is.
 		return memorySwap, nil
-	}
-	// sanity checks
-	if memory == 0 || memory == -1 {
+	case memory == -1:
+		// Unlimited memory, so treat swap as is.
+		return memorySwap, nil
+	case memory == 0:
+		// Unset or unknown memory, can't calculate swap.
 		return 0, errors.New("unable to set swap limit without memory limit")
-	}
-	if memory < 0 {
+	case memory < 0:
+		// Does not make sense to subtract a negative value.
 		return 0, fmt.Errorf("invalid memory value: %d", memory)
-	}
-	if memorySwap < memory {
+	case memorySwap < memory:
+		// Sanity check.
 		return 0, errors.New("memory+swap limit should be >= memory limit")
 	}
 
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/utils_test.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/utils_test.go
index c9feb84484c..fc81992f0b0 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/utils_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/utils_test.go
@@ -554,82 +554,97 @@ func TestConvertCPUSharesToCgroupV2Value(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestConvertMemorySwapToCgroupV2Value(t *testing.T) {
 	cases := []struct {
+		descr           string
 		memswap, memory int64
 		expected        int64
 		expErr          bool
 	}{
 		{
+			descr:    "all unset",
 			memswap:  0,
 			memory:   0,
 			expected: 0,
 		},
 		{
+			descr:    "unlimited memory+swap, unset memory",
 			memswap:  -1,
 			memory:   0,
 			expected: -1,
 		},
 		{
+			descr:    "unlimited memory",
+			memswap:  300,
+			memory:   -1,
+			expected: 300,
+		},
+		{
+			descr:    "all unlimited",
 			memswap:  -1,
 			memory:   -1,
 			expected: -1,
 		},
 		{
+			descr:   "negative memory+swap",
 			memswap: -2,
 			memory:  0,
 			expErr:  true,
 		},
 		{
+			descr:    "unlimited memory+swap, set memory",
 			memswap:  -1,
 			memory:   1000,
 			expected: -1,
 		},
 		{
+			descr:    "memory+swap == memory",
 			memswap:  1000,
 			memory:   1000,
 			expected: 0,
 		},
 		{
+			descr:    "memory+swap > memory",
 			memswap:  500,
 			memory:   200,
 			expected: 300,
 		},
 		{
+			descr:   "memory+swap < memory",
 			memswap: 300,
 			memory:  400,
 			expErr:  true,
 		},
 		{
+			descr:   "unset memory",
 			memswap: 300,
 			memory:  0,
 			expErr:  true,
 		},
 		{
+			descr:   "negative memory",
 			memswap: 300,
 			memory:  -300,
 			expErr:  true,
 		},
-		{
-			memswap: 300,
-			memory:  -1,
-			expErr:  true,
-		},
 	}
 
 	for _, c := range cases {
-		swap, err := ConvertMemorySwapToCgroupV2Value(c.memswap, c.memory)
-		if c.expErr {
-			if err == nil {
-				t.Errorf("memswap: %d, memory %d, expected error, got %d, nil", c.memswap, c.memory, swap)
+		c := c
+		t.Run(c.descr, func(t *testing.T) {
+			swap, err := ConvertMemorySwapToCgroupV2Value(c.memswap, c.memory)
+			if c.expErr {
+				if err == nil {
+					t.Errorf("memswap: %d, memory %d, expected error, got %d, nil", c.memswap, c.memory, swap)
+				}
+				// No more checks.
+				return
 			}
-			// no more checks
-			continue
-		}
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("memswap: %d, memory %d, expected success, got error %s", c.memswap, c.memory, err)
-		}
-		if swap != c.expected {
-			t.Errorf("memswap: %d, memory %d, expected %d, got %d", c.memswap, c.memory, c.expected, swap)
-		}
+			if err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("memswap: %d, memory %d, expected success, got error %s", c.memswap, c.memory, err)
+			}
+			if swap != c.expected {
+				t.Errorf("memswap: %d, memory %d, expected %d, got %d", c.memswap, c.memory, c.expected, swap)
+			}
+		})
 	}
 }