diff --git a/common/libnetwork/cni/run_test.go b/common/libnetwork/cni/run_test.go
index 5abda14a52..498ed6d472 100644
--- a/common/libnetwork/cni/run_test.go
+++ b/common/libnetwork/cni/run_test.go
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ var _ = Describe("run CNI", func() {
 		logrus.SetLevel(logrus.InfoLevel)
 		_ = os.RemoveAll(cniConfDir)
 
-		_ = netns.UnmountNS(netNSTest)
+		_ = netns.UnmountNS(netNSTest.Path())
 		_ = netNSTest.Close()
 
-		_ = netns.UnmountNS(netNSContainer)
+		_ = netns.UnmountNS(netNSContainer.Path())
 		_ = netNSContainer.Close()
 	})
 
diff --git a/common/libnetwork/netavark/run_test.go b/common/libnetwork/netavark/run_test.go
index 3c688411b6..5b950078cf 100644
--- a/common/libnetwork/netavark/run_test.go
+++ b/common/libnetwork/netavark/run_test.go
@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ var _ = Describe("run netavark", func() {
 		logrus.SetLevel(logrus.InfoLevel)
 		_ = os.RemoveAll(confDir)
 
-		_ = netns.UnmountNS(netNSTest)
+		_ = netns.UnmountNS(netNSTest.Path())
 		_ = netNSTest.Close()
 
-		_ = netns.UnmountNS(netNSContainer)
+		_ = netns.UnmountNS(netNSContainer.Path())
 		_ = netNSContainer.Close()
 
 		_ = os.Unsetenv("NETAVARK_FW")
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ var _ = Describe("run netavark", func() {
 
 			netNSContainer2, err := netns.NewNS()
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
-			defer netns.UnmountNS(netNSContainer2) //nolint:errcheck
-			defer netNSContainer2.Close()          //nolint:errcheck
+			defer netns.UnmountNS(netNSContainer2.Path()) //nolint:errcheck
+			defer netNSContainer2.Close()                 //nolint:errcheck
 
 			res, err = libpodNet.Setup(netNSContainer2.Path(), setupOpts2)
 			Expect(err).ToNot(HaveOccurred())
diff --git a/common/pkg/netns/netns_linux.go b/common/pkg/netns/netns_linux.go
index b3459b2137..883fdd9567 100644
--- a/common/pkg/netns/netns_linux.go
+++ b/common/pkg/netns/netns_linux.go
@@ -179,14 +179,13 @@ func NewNSWithName(name string) (ns.NetNS, error) {
 	return ns.GetNS(nsPath)
 }
 
-// UnmountNS unmounts the NS held by the netns object
-func UnmountNS(netns ns.NetNS) error {
+// UnmountNS unmounts the given netns path
+func UnmountNS(nsPath string) error {
 	nsRunDir, err := GetNSRunDir()
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	nsPath := netns.Path()
 	// Only unmount if it's been bind-mounted (don't touch namespaces in /proc...)
 	if strings.HasPrefix(nsPath, nsRunDir) {
 		if err := unix.Unmount(nsPath, unix.MNT_DETACH); err != nil {