diff --git a/common/sanity-check b/common/sanity-check
index 796c9b748fc9149c6310a6d5a00f14e1e9cace50..1353bc0fe61df49e102633052edb8dddc96e939c 100755
--- a/common/sanity-check
+++ b/common/sanity-check
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ common/run-test-in-systemd --name=user-env --user=user common/sanity-check-env u
 
 id || fail lava-id
 common/run-test-in-systemd --name=system-id id || :
-common/run-test-in-systemd --name=user-id id || :
+common/run-test-in-systemd --name=user-id --user=user id || :
 
 test -S /run/dbus/system_bus_socket || fail system-bus-is-up
 test -d /run/user/$(id -u user)/systemd || fail user-session-is-up