diff --git a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
index 856371c6..2dfd8b5d 100644
--- a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
+++ b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux.go
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import (
 	"syscall"
 	"time"
 
-	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/cgroups"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/configs"
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/seccomp"
 	libcontainerUtils "github.com/opencontainers/runc/libcontainer/utils"
@@ -253,10 +252,7 @@ func createLibcontainerMount(cwd string, m specs.Mount) *configs.Mount {
 }
 
 func createCgroupConfig(name string, useSystemdCgroup bool, spec *specs.Spec) (*configs.Cgroup, error) {
-	var (
-		err          error
-		myCgroupPath string
-	)
+	var myCgroupPath string
 
 	c := &configs.Cgroup{
 		Resources: &configs.Resources{},
@@ -287,11 +283,7 @@ func createCgroupConfig(name string, useSystemdCgroup bool, spec *specs.Spec) (*
 		}
 	} else {
 		if myCgroupPath == "" {
-			myCgroupPath, err = cgroups.GetThisCgroupDir("devices")
-			if err != nil {
-				return nil, err
-			}
-			myCgroupPath = filepath.Join(myCgroupPath, name)
+			c.Name = name
 		}
 		c.Path = myCgroupPath
 	}
diff --git a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux_test.go b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux_test.go
index 3b7c6b78..a4c4495e 100644
--- a/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux_test.go
+++ b/libcontainer/specconv/spec_linux_test.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 package specconv
 
 import (
-	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec/specs-go"
@@ -33,7 +32,7 @@ func TestLinuxCgroupsPathNotSpecified(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Couldn't create Cgroup config: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	if !strings.HasSuffix(cgroup.Path, "/ContainerID") {
-		t.Errorf("Wrong cgroupsPath, expected it to have suffix '%s' got '%s'", "/ContainerID", cgroup.Path)
+	if cgroup.Path != "" {
+		t.Errorf("Wrong cgroupsPath, expected it to be empty string, got '%s'", cgroup.Path)
 	}
 }