diff --git a/pkg/util/utils.go b/pkg/util/utils.go
index 83f4ec3ba7..e2e373efa5 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils.go
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ import (
 	ruser "github.com/moby/sys/user"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
+	"go.podman.io/common/pkg/sysctl"
 	"go.podman.io/image/v5/types"
 	"go.podman.io/podman/v6/libpod/define"
 	"go.podman.io/podman/v6/pkg/namespaces"
@@ -1088,51 +1089,7 @@ func Tmpdir() string {
 
 // ValidateSysctls validates a list of sysctl and returns it.
 func ValidateSysctls(strSlice []string) (map[string]string, error) {
-	sysctl := make(map[string]string)
-	validSysctlMap := map[string]bool{
-		"kernel.msgmax":          true,
-		"kernel.msgmnb":          true,
-		"kernel.msgmni":          true,
-		"kernel.sem":             true,
-		"kernel.shmall":          true,
-		"kernel.shmmax":          true,
-		"kernel.shmmni":          true,
-		"kernel.shm_rmid_forced": true,
-	}
-	validSysctlPrefixes := []string{
-		"net.",
-		"fs.mqueue.",
-	}
-
-	for _, val := range strSlice {
-		foundMatch := false
-		arr := strings.Split(val, "=")
-		if len(arr) < 2 {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s is invalid, sysctl values must be in the form of KEY=VALUE", val)
-		}
-
-		trimmed := fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", strings.TrimSpace(arr[0]), strings.TrimSpace(arr[1]))
-		if trimmed != val {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("'%s' is invalid, extra spaces found", val)
-		}
-
-		if validSysctlMap[arr[0]] {
-			sysctl[arr[0]] = arr[1]
-			continue
-		}
-
-		for _, prefix := range validSysctlPrefixes {
-			if strings.HasPrefix(arr[0], prefix) {
-				sysctl[arr[0]] = arr[1]
-				foundMatch = true
-				break
-			}
-		}
-		if !foundMatch {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("sysctl '%s' is not allowed", arr[0])
-		}
-	}
-	return sysctl, nil
+	return sysctl.Validate(strSlice)
 }
 
 func CreateIDFile(path string, id string) error {
diff --git a/pkg/util/utils_test.go b/pkg/util/utils_test.go
index 3f15cfe870..c943d9aa2e 100644
--- a/pkg/util/utils_test.go
+++ b/pkg/util/utils_test.go
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ func TestValidateSysctlBadSysctl(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestValidateSysctlBadSysctlWithExtraSpaces(t *testing.T) {
-	expectedError := "'%s' is invalid, extra spaces found"
+	expectedError := "%q is invalid, extra spaces found"
 
 	// should fail fast on first sysctl
 	strSlice1 := []string{
diff --git a/vendor/go.podman.io/common/pkg/sysctl/sysctl.go b/vendor/go.podman.io/common/pkg/sysctl/sysctl.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0df4c90e69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/go.podman.io/common/pkg/sysctl/sysctl.go
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+package sysctl
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// Validate validates a list of sysctl and returns it.
+func Validate(strSlice []string) (map[string]string, error) {
+	sysctl := make(map[string]string)
+	validSysctlMap := map[string]bool{
+		"kernel.msgmax":          true,
+		"kernel.msgmnb":          true,
+		"kernel.msgmni":          true,
+		"kernel.sem":             true,
+		"kernel.shmall":          true,
+		"kernel.shmmax":          true,
+		"kernel.shmmni":          true,
+		"kernel.shm_rmid_forced": true,
+	}
+	validSysctlPrefixes := []string{
+		"net.",
+		"fs.mqueue.",
+	}
+
+	for _, val := range strSlice {
+		foundMatch := false
+		arr := strings.Split(val, "=")
+		if len(arr) < 2 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s is invalid, sysctl values must be in the form of KEY=VALUE", val)
+		}
+
+		trimmed := fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", strings.TrimSpace(arr[0]), strings.TrimSpace(arr[1]))
+		if trimmed != val {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%q is invalid, extra spaces found", val)
+		}
+
+		if validSysctlMap[arr[0]] {
+			sysctl[arr[0]] = arr[1]
+			continue
+		}
+
+		for _, prefix := range validSysctlPrefixes {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(arr[0], prefix) {
+				sysctl[arr[0]] = arr[1]
+				foundMatch = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if !foundMatch {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("sysctl %q is not allowed", arr[0])
+		}
+	}
+	return sysctl, nil
+}
diff --git a/vendor/modules.txt b/vendor/modules.txt
index ff516ec83a..2e965e5068 100644
--- a/vendor/modules.txt
+++ b/vendor/modules.txt
@@ -834,6 +834,7 @@ go.podman.io/common/pkg/ssh
 go.podman.io/common/pkg/strongunits
 go.podman.io/common/pkg/subscriptions
 go.podman.io/common/pkg/supplemented
+go.podman.io/common/pkg/sysctl
 go.podman.io/common/pkg/sysinfo
 go.podman.io/common/pkg/systemd
 go.podman.io/common/pkg/timetype