diff --git a/daemon/daemon_unix.go b/daemon/daemon_unix.go
index b18fca17c7..aaeeabb0b5 100644
--- a/daemon/daemon_unix.go
+++ b/daemon/daemon_unix.go
@@ -1484,7 +1484,7 @@ func (daemon *Daemon) initCgroupsPath(path string) error {
 	// for the period and runtime as this limits what the children can be set to.
 	daemon.initCgroupsPath(filepath.Dir(path))
 
-	mnt, root, err := cgroups.FindCgroupMountpointAndRoot("cpu")
+	mnt, root, err := cgroups.FindCgroupMountpointAndRoot("", "cpu")
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo_linux.go b/pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo_linux.go
index 6492a1c9ac..1fcf08310c 100644
--- a/pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/sysinfo/sysinfo_linux.go
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ func checkCgroupCpusetInfo(cgMounts map[string]string, quiet bool) cgroupCpusetI
 
 // checkCgroupPids reads the pids information from the pids cgroup mount point.
 func checkCgroupPids(quiet bool) cgroupPids {
-	_, err := cgroups.FindCgroupMountpoint("pids")
+	_, err := cgroups.FindCgroupMountpoint("", "pids")
 	if err != nil {
 		if !quiet {
 			logrus.Warn(err)