diff --git a/test/hotspot/jtreg/containers/docker/TestJFREvents.java b/test/hotspot/jtreg/containers/docker/TestJFREvents.java
index 19bbce1c5479c..4a5a4b6cc6ff6 100644
--- a/test/hotspot/jtreg/containers/docker/TestJFREvents.java
+++ b/test/hotspot/jtreg/containers/docker/TestJFREvents.java
@@ -221,6 +221,8 @@ private static void testSwapMemory(String memValueToSet, String swapValueToSet,
                                       commonDockerOpts()
                                       .addDockerOpts("--memory=" + memValueToSet)
                                       .addDockerOpts("--memory-swap=" + swapValueToSet)
+                                      //The default memory-swappiness vaule is inherited from the host machine, which maybe 0
+                                      .addDockerOpts("--memory-swappiness=60")
                                       .addClassOptions("jdk.SwapSpace"));
          out.shouldHaveExitValue(0)
             .shouldContain("totalSize = " + expectedTotalValue)