diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
index f7f7ca2b11d..3522bb81e98 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ func (m *Manager) Freeze(state configs.FreezerState) error {
 }
 
 func (m *Manager) GetPids() ([]int, error) {
-	path, err := getSubsystemPath(m.Cgroups, "cpu")
+	path, err := getSubsystemPath(m.Cgroups, "devices")
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}