diff --git a/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go b/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
index 6f85793d..f05377f2 100644
--- a/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
+++ b/cgroups/fs/apply_raw.go
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ func GetStats(systemPaths map[string]string) (*cgroups.Stats, error) {
 	stats := cgroups.NewStats()
 	for name, path := range systemPaths {
 		sys, ok := subsystems[name]
-		if !ok {
+		if !ok || !cgroups.PathExists(path) {
 			continue
 		}
 		if err := sys.GetStats(path, stats); err != nil {
diff --git a/cgroups/utils.go b/cgroups/utils.go
index 5753ca45..a360904c 100644
--- a/cgroups/utils.go
+++ b/cgroups/utils.go
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ func ParseCgroupFile(subsystem string, r io.Reader) (string, error) {
 	return "", NewNotFoundError(subsystem)
 }
 
-func pathExists(path string) bool {
+func PathExists(path string) bool {
 	if _, err := os.Stat(path); err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ func pathExists(path string) bool {
 
 func EnterPid(cgroupPaths map[string]string, pid int) error {
 	for _, path := range cgroupPaths {
-		if pathExists(path) {
+		if PathExists(path) {
 			if err := ioutil.WriteFile(filepath.Join(path, "cgroup.procs"),
 				[]byte(strconv.Itoa(pid)), 0700); err != nil {
 				return err