diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuset.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuset.go
index fe01ba98408..2c0886e0c29 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuset.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuset.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"path/filepath"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 
@@ -14,6 +15,40 @@ import (
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs"
 )
 
+var (
+	cpusetLock     sync.Mutex
+	cpusetPrefix   string = "cpuset."
+	cpusetFastPath bool
+)
+
+func cpusetFile(path string, name string) string {
+	cpusetLock.Lock()
+	defer cpusetLock.Unlock()
+
+	// Only the v1 cpuset cgroup is allowed to mount with noprefix.
+	// See kernel source: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/2e1b3cc9d7f790145a80cb705b168f05dab65df2/kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c#L1070
+	// Cpuset cannot be mounted with and without prefix simultaneously.
+	// Commonly used in Android environments.
+
+	if cpusetFastPath {
+		return cpusetPrefix + name
+	}
+
+	err := unix.Access(filepath.Join(path, cpusetPrefix+name), unix.F_OK)
+	if err == nil {
+		// Use the fast path only if we can access one type of mount for cpuset already
+		cpusetFastPath = true
+	} else {
+		err = unix.Access(filepath.Join(path, name), unix.F_OK)
+		if err == nil {
+			cpusetPrefix = ""
+			cpusetFastPath = true
+		}
+	}
+
+	return cpusetPrefix + name
+}
+
 type CpusetGroup struct{}
 
 func (s *CpusetGroup) Name() string {
@@ -26,12 +61,12 @@ func (s *CpusetGroup) Apply(path string, r *configs.Resources, pid int) error {
 
 func (s *CpusetGroup) Set(path string, r *configs.Resources) error {
 	if r.CpusetCpus != "" {
-		if err := cgroups.WriteFile(path, "cpuset.cpus", r.CpusetCpus); err != nil {
+		if err := cgroups.WriteFile(path, cpusetFile(path, "cpus"), r.CpusetCpus); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 	if r.CpusetMems != "" {
-		if err := cgroups.WriteFile(path, "cpuset.mems", r.CpusetMems); err != nil {
+		if err := cgroups.WriteFile(path, cpusetFile(path, "mems"), r.CpusetMems); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -83,57 +118,57 @@ func getCpusetStat(path string, file string) ([]uint16, error) {
 func (s *CpusetGroup) GetStats(path string, stats *cgroups.Stats) error {
 	var err error
 
-	stats.CPUSetStats.CPUs, err = getCpusetStat(path, "cpuset.cpus")
+	stats.CPUSetStats.CPUs, err = getCpusetStat(path, cpusetFile(path, "cpus"))
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	stats.CPUSetStats.CPUExclusive, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, "cpuset.cpu_exclusive")
+	stats.CPUSetStats.CPUExclusive, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, cpusetFile(path, "cpu_exclusive"))
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	stats.CPUSetStats.Mems, err = getCpusetStat(path, "cpuset.mems")
+	stats.CPUSetStats.Mems, err = getCpusetStat(path, cpusetFile(path, "mems"))
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	stats.CPUSetStats.MemHardwall, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, "cpuset.mem_hardwall")
+	stats.CPUSetStats.MemHardwall, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, cpusetFile(path, "mem_hardwall"))
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	stats.CPUSetStats.MemExclusive, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, "cpuset.mem_exclusive")
+	stats.CPUSetStats.MemExclusive, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, cpusetFile(path, "mem_exclusive"))
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	stats.CPUSetStats.MemoryMigrate, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, "cpuset.memory_migrate")
+	stats.CPUSetStats.MemoryMigrate, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, cpusetFile(path, "memory_migrate"))
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	stats.CPUSetStats.MemorySpreadPage, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, "cpuset.memory_spread_page")
+	stats.CPUSetStats.MemorySpreadPage, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, cpusetFile(path, "memory_spread_page"))
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	stats.CPUSetStats.MemorySpreadSlab, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, "cpuset.memory_spread_slab")
+	stats.CPUSetStats.MemorySpreadSlab, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, cpusetFile(path, "memory_spread_slab"))
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	stats.CPUSetStats.MemoryPressure, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, "cpuset.memory_pressure")
+	stats.CPUSetStats.MemoryPressure, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, cpusetFile(path, "memory_pressure"))
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	stats.CPUSetStats.SchedLoadBalance, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, "cpuset.sched_load_balance")
+	stats.CPUSetStats.SchedLoadBalance, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, cpusetFile(path, "sched_load_balance"))
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	stats.CPUSetStats.SchedRelaxDomainLevel, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamInt(path, "cpuset.sched_relax_domain_level")
+	stats.CPUSetStats.SchedRelaxDomainLevel, err = fscommon.GetCgroupParamInt(path, cpusetFile(path, "sched_relax_domain_level"))
 	if err != nil && !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
 		return err
 	}
@@ -172,10 +207,10 @@ func (s *CpusetGroup) ApplyDir(dir string, r *configs.Resources, pid int) error
 }
 
 func getCpusetSubsystemSettings(parent string) (cpus, mems string, err error) {
-	if cpus, err = cgroups.ReadFile(parent, "cpuset.cpus"); err != nil {
+	if cpus, err = cgroups.ReadFile(parent, cpusetFile(parent, "cpus")); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
-	if mems, err = cgroups.ReadFile(parent, "cpuset.mems"); err != nil {
+	if mems, err = cgroups.ReadFile(parent, cpusetFile(parent, "mems")); err != nil {
 		return
 	}
 	return cpus, mems, nil
@@ -221,12 +256,12 @@ func cpusetCopyIfNeeded(current, parent string) error {
 	}
 
 	if isEmptyCpuset(currentCpus) {
-		if err := cgroups.WriteFile(current, "cpuset.cpus", parentCpus); err != nil {
+		if err := cgroups.WriteFile(current, cpusetFile(current, "cpus"), parentCpus); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
 	if isEmptyCpuset(currentMems) {
-		if err := cgroups.WriteFile(current, "cpuset.mems", parentMems); err != nil {
+		if err := cgroups.WriteFile(current, cpusetFile(current, "mems"), parentMems); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 	}