diff --git a/internal/cgroups/cgroup.go b/internal/cgroups/cgroup.go
index bceb68b9e3b..95f4f7cbf7a 100644
--- a/internal/cgroups/cgroup.go
+++ b/internal/cgroups/cgroup.go
@@ -86,10 +86,10 @@ func (cg *CGroup) readFirstLine(param string) (string, error) {
 }
 
 // readInt parses the first line from a cgroup param file as int.
-func (cg *CGroup) readInt(param string) (int, error) {
+func (cg *CGroup) readInt(param string) (int64, error) {
 	text, err := cg.readFirstLine(param)
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0, err
 	}
-	return strconv.Atoi(text)
+	return strconv.ParseInt(text, 10, 64)
 }
diff --git a/internal/cgroups/cgroup_test.go b/internal/cgroups/cgroup_test.go
index 96530f18ada..8a4b9b844c7 100644
--- a/internal/cgroups/cgroup_test.go
+++ b/internal/cgroups/cgroup_test.go
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ func TestCGroupReadInt(t *testing.T) {
 	testTable := []struct {
 		name            string
 		paramName       string
-		expectedValue   int
+		expectedValue   int64
 		shouldHaveError bool
 	}{
 		{
diff --git a/internal/cgroups/cgroups.go b/internal/cgroups/cgroups.go
index f6bf71afe18..ed9e46104ae 100644
--- a/internal/cgroups/cgroups.go
+++ b/internal/cgroups/cgroups.go
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ func (cg CGroups) MemoryQuota() (int64, bool, error) {
 	if defined := memLimitBytes > 0; err != nil || !defined {
 		return -1, defined, err
 	}
-	return int64(memLimitBytes), true, nil
+	return memLimitBytes, true, nil
 }
 
 // IsCGroupV2 returns true if the system supports and uses cgroup2.
diff --git a/internal/cgroups/cgroups_test.go b/internal/cgroups/cgroups_test.go
index d809c7098b2..a8d3d838a1a 100644
--- a/internal/cgroups/cgroups_test.go
+++ b/internal/cgroups/cgroups_test.go
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ func TestNewCGroupsWithErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestCGroupsCPUQuota(t *testing.T) {
+func TestCGroupsMemoryQuota(t *testing.T) {
 	testTable := []struct {
 		name            string
 		expectedQuota   int64
@@ -110,6 +110,12 @@ func TestCGroupsCPUQuota(t *testing.T) {
 			name:            "undefined",
 			expectedQuota:   int64(-1.0),
 			expectedDefined: false,
+			shouldHaveError: true,
+		},
+		{
+			name:            "memory",
+			expectedQuota:   int64(8796093018112),
+			expectedDefined: true,
 			shouldHaveError: false,
 		},
 	}
@@ -123,7 +129,7 @@ func TestCGroupsCPUQuota(t *testing.T) {
 
 	for _, tt := range testTable {
 		cgroupPath := filepath.Join(testDataCGroupsPath, tt.name)
-		cgroups[_cgroupSubsysCPU] = NewCGroup(cgroupPath)
+		cgroups[_cgroupSubsysMemory] = NewCGroup(cgroupPath)
 
 		quota, defined, err := cgroups.MemoryQuota()
 		assert.Equal(t, tt.expectedQuota, quota, tt.name)
diff --git a/internal/cgroups/testdata/cgroups/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes b/internal/cgroups/testdata/cgroups/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..83a3919f681
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/cgroups/testdata/cgroups/memory/memory.limit_in_bytes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+8796093018112