diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuacct.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuacct.go
index bda34385..1797fb78 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuacct.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuacct.go
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ func (s *CpuacctGroup) Set(path string, cgroup *configs.Cgroup) error {
 }
 
 func (s *CpuacctGroup) GetStats(path string, stats *cgroups.Stats) error {
+	if !cgroups.PathExists(path) {
+		return nil
+	}
 	userModeUsage, kernelModeUsage, err := getCpuUsageBreakdown(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/fs.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/fs.go
index 8260c544..7ac0bdbe 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/fs.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/fs.go
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ func (m *manager) GetStats() (*cgroups.Stats, error) {
 	stats := cgroups.NewStats()
 	for name, path := range m.paths {
 		sys, err := m.getSubsystems().Get(name)
-		if err == errSubsystemDoesNotExist || !cgroups.PathExists(path) {
+		if err == errSubsystemDoesNotExist {
 			continue
 		}
 		if err := sys.GetStats(path, stats); err != nil {
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/hugetlb.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/hugetlb.go
index 68f78462..a5e4c014 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/hugetlb.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/hugetlb.go
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ func (s *HugetlbGroup) Set(path string, cgroup *configs.Cgroup) error {
 
 func (s *HugetlbGroup) GetStats(path string, stats *cgroups.Stats) error {
 	hugetlbStats := cgroups.HugetlbStats{}
+	if !cgroups.PathExists(path) {
+		return nil
+	}
 	for _, pageSize := range HugePageSizes {
 		usage := strings.Join([]string{"hugetlb", pageSize, "usage_in_bytes"}, ".")
 		value, err := fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, usage)
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/pids.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/pids.go
index 1db0bc04..1d7b1c16 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/pids.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/pids.go
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ func (s *PidsGroup) Set(path string, cgroup *configs.Cgroup) error {
 }
 
 func (s *PidsGroup) GetStats(path string, stats *cgroups.Stats) error {
+	if !cgroups.PathExists(path) {
+		return nil
+	}
 	current, err := fscommon.GetCgroupParamUint(path, "pids.current")
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("failed to parse pids.current - %s", err)