diff --git a/vendor.conf b/vendor.conf
index 862242b1b4..9239ae2eb9 100644
--- a/vendor.conf
+++ b/vendor.conf
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ google.golang.org/genproto 694d95ba50e67b2e363f3483057db5d4910c18f9
 github.com/containerd/containerd a15b6e2097c48b632dbdc63254bad4c62b69e709
 github.com/containerd/fifo 3d5202aec260678c48179c56f40e6f38a095738c
 github.com/containerd/continuity 004b46473808b3e7a4a3049c20e4376c91eb966d
-github.com/containerd/cgroups dbea6f2bd41658b84b00417ceefa416b979cbf10
+github.com/containerd/cgroups 4994991857f9b0ae8dc439551e8bebdbb4bf66c1
 github.com/containerd/console c12b1e7919c14469339a5d38f2f8ed9b64a9de23
 github.com/containerd/go-runc 5a6d9f37cfa36b15efba46dc7ea349fa9b7143c3
 github.com/containerd/typeurl a93fcdb778cd272c6e9b3028b2f42d813e785d40
diff --git a/vendor/github.com/containerd/cgroups/cgroup.go b/vendor/github.com/containerd/cgroups/cgroup.go
index 9fbea82499..e3ef076519 100644
--- a/vendor/github.com/containerd/cgroups/cgroup.go
+++ b/vendor/github.com/containerd/cgroups/cgroup.go
@@ -105,6 +105,10 @@ func Load(hierarchy Hierarchy, path Path, opts ...InitOpts) (Cgroup, error) {
 		}
 		activeSubsystems = append(activeSubsystems, s)
 	}
+	// if we do not have any active systems then the cgroup is deleted
+	if len(activeSubsystems) == 0 {
+		return nil, ErrCgroupDeleted
+	}
 	return &cgroup{
 		path:       path,
 		subsystems: activeSubsystems,