diff --git a/tests/5_container_runtime.sh b/tests/5_container_runtime.sh
index bd9564b..a38589d 100644
--- a/tests/5_container_runtime.sh
+++ b/tests/5_container_runtime.sh
@@ -595,9 +595,19 @@ check_5_14() {
   fail=0
   maxretry_unset_containers=""
   for c in $containers; do
-    policy=$(docker inspect --format MaximumRetryCount='{{ .HostConfig.RestartPolicy.MaximumRetryCount }}' "$c")
+    for s in $(docker service ls --format '{{.Name}}'); do
+      if docker inspect "$c" --format '{{.Name}}' | grep -q "$s"; then
+        task_id=$(docker inspect "$c" --format '{{.Name}}' | awk -F '.' '{print $NF}')
+        # a container name could arbitrary include a service one: it belongs to a service (created by Docker 
+        # as part of the service), if the container task ID matches one of the task IDs of the service.
+        if docker service ps --no-trunc "$s" --format '{{.ID}}' | grep -q "$task_id"; then
+          spolicy=$(docker inspect --format MaximumRetryCount='{{ .Spec.TaskTemplate.RestartPolicy.MaxAttempts }}' "$s")
+        fi
+      fi
+    done
+    cpolicy=$(docker inspect --format MaximumRetryCount='{{ .HostConfig.RestartPolicy.MaximumRetryCount }}' "$c")
 
-    if [ "$policy" != "MaximumRetryCount=5" ]; then
+    if [ "$cpolicy" != "MaximumRetryCount=5" ] || [ "$spolicy" != "MaxAttempts=5" ]; then
       # If it's the first container, fail the test
       if [ $fail -eq 0 ]; then
         warn -s "$check"