diff --git a/test/units/TEST-04-JOURNAL.LogFilterPatterns.sh b/test/units/TEST-04-JOURNAL.LogFilterPatterns.sh
index ec99b86226..e80e78e500 100755
--- a/test/units/TEST-04-JOURNAL.LogFilterPatterns.sh
+++ b/test/units/TEST-04-JOURNAL.LogFilterPatterns.sh
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@
 set -eux
 set -o pipefail
 
+# shellcheck source=test/units/util.sh
+. "$(dirname "$0")"/util.sh
+
 if ! cgroupfs_supports_user_xattrs; then
     echo "CGroup does not support user xattrs, skipping LogFilterPatterns= tests."
     exit 0
 fi
 
-# shellcheck source=test/units/util.sh
-. "$(dirname "$0")"/util.sh
-
 NEEDS_RELOAD=
 
 add_logs_filtering_override() {