diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
index 1954357b..c8ea761d 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (raw *data) path(subsystem string) (string, error) {
 
 	// If the cgroup name/path is absolute do not look relative to the cgroup of the init process.
 	if filepath.IsAbs(raw.cgroup) {
-		return filepath.Join(raw.root, subsystem, raw.cgroup), nil
+		return filepath.Join(raw.root, filepath.Base(mnt), raw.cgroup), nil
 	}
 
 	parent, err := raw.parent(subsystem, mnt, src)