diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
index c8ea761d..f75dab1b 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ func (raw *data) join(subsystem string) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0755); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	if err := writeFile(path, CgroupProcesses, strconv.Itoa(raw.pid)); err != nil {
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuset.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuset.go
index b6c04b0c..f3ec2c3e 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuset.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuset.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (s *CpusetGroup) ensureParent(current, root string) error {
 	if err := s.ensureParent(parent, root); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(current, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(current, 0755); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	return s.copyIfNeeded(current, parent)
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
index 8206b147..1fa8bd74 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ func (s *MemoryGroup) Apply(d *data) error {
 		}
 		return err
 	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0755); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := s.Set(path, d.c); err != nil {
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
index 8c27f11a..1472ba32 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/systemd/apply_systemd.go
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func join(c *configs.Cgroup, subsystem string, pid int) (string, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0755); err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
 	if err := writeFile(path, "cgroup.procs", strconv.Itoa(pid)); err != nil {
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ func setKernelMemory(c *configs.Cgroup) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+	if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0755); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go b/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
index 78e51224..88aa77d5 100644
--- a/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/rootfs_linux.go
@@ -98,12 +98,12 @@ func mountToRootfs(m *configs.Mount, rootfs, mountLabel string) error {
 
 	switch m.Device {
 	case "proc", "sysfs":
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(dest, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(dest, 0755); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		return syscall.Mount(m.Source, dest, m.Device, uintptr(m.Flags), "")
 	case "mqueue":
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(dest, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(dest, 0755); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		if err := syscall.Mount(m.Source, dest, m.Device, uintptr(m.Flags), ""); err != nil {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func mountToRootfs(m *configs.Mount, rootfs, mountLabel string) error {
 	case "tmpfs":
 		stat, err := os.Stat(dest)
 		if err != nil {
-			if err := os.MkdirAll(dest, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+			if err := os.MkdirAll(dest, 0755); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ func mountToRootfs(m *configs.Mount, rootfs, mountLabel string) error {
 		}
 		return nil
 	case "devpts":
-		if err := os.MkdirAll(dest, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
+		if err := os.MkdirAll(dest, 0755); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
 		return syscall.Mount(m.Source, dest, m.Device, uintptr(m.Flags), data)