diff --git a/proc_stat_limits32_test.go b/proc_stat_limits32_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..40c74b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proc_stat_limits32_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+//go:build (aix || darwin || dragonfly || freebsd || linux || netbsd || openbsd || solaris) && (386 || arm || mips || mipsle)
+
+package procfs
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestProcStatLimits(t *testing.T) {
+	testProcStatLimits(t, int(math.MinInt32), int(math.MaxInt32))
+}
diff --git a/proc_stat_limits64_test.go b/proc_stat_limits64_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d6ed40d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proc_stat_limits64_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+//go:build (aix || darwin || dragonfly || freebsd || linux || netbsd || openbsd || solaris) && !386 && !arm && !mips && !mipsle
+
+package procfs
+
+import (
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestProcStatLimits(t *testing.T) {
+	testProcStatLimits(t, int(math.MinInt64), int(math.MaxInt64))
+}
diff --git a/proc_stat_limits_test.go b/proc_stat_limits_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4cf577fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/proc_stat_limits_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+// Copyright The Prometheus Authors
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package procfs
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strconv"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+const procStatLimitsTemplate = "26231 (vim) R 5392 7446 5392 34835 7446 4218880 32533 309516 26 82 1677 44 %d %d 20 0 1 0 82375 56274944 1981 18446744073709551615 4194304 6294284 140736914091744 140736914087944 139965136429984 0 0 12288 1870679807 0 0 0 17 0 0 0 31 0 0 8391624 8481048 16420864 140736914093252 140736914093279 140736914093279 140736914096107 0\n"
+
+func testProcStatLimits(t *testing.T, minInt, maxInt int) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	p := writeProcStatLimitFixture(t, fmt.Sprintf(procStatLimitsTemplate, minInt, maxInt))
+
+	s, err := p.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("want no error, have %s", err)
+	}
+
+	for _, test := range []struct {
+		name string
+		want int
+		have int
+	}{
+		{name: "waited for children user time", want: minInt, have: s.CUTime},
+		{name: "waited for children system time", want: maxInt, have: s.CSTime},
+	} {
+		if test.want != test.have {
+			t.Errorf("want %s %d, have %d", test.name, test.want, test.have)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func writeProcStatLimitFixture(t *testing.T, stat string) Proc {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	const pid = 26231
+
+	root := t.TempDir()
+	procDir := filepath.Join(root, strconv.Itoa(pid))
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(procDir, 0o755); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create proc fixture dir: %v", err)
+	}
+	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(procDir, "stat"), []byte(stat), 0o644); err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("write stat fixture: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	fs, err := NewFS(root)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("create pseudo fs: %v", err)
+	}
+	p, err := fs.Proc(pid)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("open proc fixture: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	return p
+}
diff --git a/proc_stat_test.go b/proc_stat_test.go
index 61be6ac1..3c3d73f2 100644
--- a/proc_stat_test.go
+++ b/proc_stat_test.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 package procfs
 
 import (
-	"math"
 	"os"
 	"testing"
 )
@@ -81,32 +80,6 @@ func TestProcStat(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestProcStatLimits(t *testing.T) {
-	p, err := getProcFixtures(t).Proc(26232)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	s, err := p.Stat()
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("want not error, have %s", err)
-	}
-
-	// max values of stat int fields
-	for _, test := range []struct {
-		name string
-		want int
-		have int
-	}{
-		{name: "waited for children user time", want: math.MinInt64, have: s.CUTime},
-		{name: "waited for children system time", want: math.MaxInt64, have: s.CSTime},
-	} {
-		if test.want != test.have {
-			t.Errorf("want %s %d, have %d", test.name, test.want, test.have)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
 func TestProcStatComm(t *testing.T) {
 	s1, err := testProcStat(26231)
 	if err != nil {