diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
index 95087690..f7b8f999 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
@@ -291,7 +291,9 @@ func getPageUsageByNUMA(cgroupPath string) (cgroups.PageUsageByNUMA, error) {
 	stats := cgroups.PageUsageByNUMA{}
 
 	file, err := os.Open(path.Join(cgroupPath, cgroupMemoryPagesByNuma))
-	if err != nil {
+	if os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return stats, nil
+	} else if err != nil {
 		return stats, err
 	}
 
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory_test.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory_test.go
index c84b4fe3..52244fc7 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory_test.go
@@ -504,3 +504,14 @@ func TestNoHierarchicalNumaStat(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	expectPageUsageByNUMAEquals(t, pageUsageByNUMA, actualStats)
 }
+
+func TestWithoutNumaStat(t *testing.T) {
+	helper := NewCgroupTestUtil("memory", t)
+	defer helper.cleanup()
+
+	actualStats, err := getPageUsageByNUMA(helper.CgroupPath)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	expectPageUsageByNUMAEquals(t, cgroups.PageUsageByNUMA{}, actualStats)
+}