diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
index 9f9105a5..12242bd1 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/utils.go
@@ -189,9 +189,6 @@ func GetAllSubsystems() ([]string, error) {
 
 	s := bufio.NewScanner(f)
 	for s.Scan() {
-		if err := s.Err(); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
 		text := s.Text()
 		if text[0] != '#' {
 			parts := strings.Fields(text)
@@ -200,6 +197,9 @@ func GetAllSubsystems() ([]string, error) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	if err := s.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 	return subsystems, nil
 }
 
@@ -265,10 +265,6 @@ func parseCgroupFromReader(r io.Reader) (map[string]string, error) {
 	cgroups := make(map[string]string)
 
 	for s.Scan() {
-		if err := s.Err(); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
 		text := s.Text()
 		// from cgroups(7):
 		// /proc/[pid]/cgroup
@@ -285,6 +281,10 @@ func parseCgroupFromReader(r io.Reader) (map[string]string, error) {
 			cgroups[subs] = parts[2]
 		}
 	}
+	if err := s.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return cgroups, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/libcontainer/seccomp/seccomp_linux.go b/libcontainer/seccomp/seccomp_linux.go
index ec0ac1c0..518d2c38 100644
--- a/libcontainer/seccomp/seccomp_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/seccomp/seccomp_linux.go
@@ -212,10 +212,6 @@ func parseStatusFile(path string) (map[string]string, error) {
 	status := make(map[string]string)
 
 	for s.Scan() {
-		if err := s.Err(); err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-
 		text := s.Text()
 		parts := strings.Split(text, ":")
 
@@ -225,5 +221,9 @@ func parseStatusFile(path string) (map[string]string, error) {
 
 		status[parts[0]] = parts[1]
 	}
+	if err := s.Err(); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return status, nil
 }