diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuacct.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuacct.go
index 53afbadd..032b76ec 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuacct.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuacct.go
@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ func getCpuUsageBreakdown(path string) (uint64, uint64, error) {
 		return 0, 0, err
 	}
 	fields := strings.Fields(string(data))
-	if len(fields) != 4 {
-		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("failure - %s is expected to have 4 fields", filepath.Join(path, cgroupCpuacctStat))
+	if len(fields) < 4 {
+		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("failure - %s is expected to have at least 4 fields", filepath.Join(path, cgroupCpuacctStat))
 	}
 	if fields[0] != userField {
 		return 0, 0, fmt.Errorf("unexpected field %q in %q, expected %q", fields[0], cgroupCpuacctStat, userField)