diff --git a/e2e/actions/actions.go b/e2e/actions/actions.go
index 994d75c8d..9b571c5db 100644
--- a/e2e/actions/actions.go
+++ b/e2e/actions/actions.go
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ func (c actionTests) PersistentOverlayAll(t *testing.T) {
 
 		for _, tt := range tests {
 			var args []string
-			if e2e.UserNamespaceProfile.String() == "User" && tt.fakeroot {
+			if (profile.String() == "User" || profile.String() == "UserNamespace") && tt.fakeroot {
 				args = append(args, "--fakeroot")
 			}
 			newArgs := replaceTemplate(overlayDir, squashDir, ext3Dir, sandboxDir, tt.argv)