diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c b/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
index 7311489d1d..4a661da445 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ virCgroupPtr virLXCCgroupCreate(virDomainDefPtr def, bool startup)
         /* We only auto-create the default partition. In other
          * cases we expec the sysadmin/app to have done so */
         rc = virCgroupNewPartition(def->resource->partition,
-                                   STREQ(def->resource->partition, "/system"),
+                                   STREQ(def->resource->partition, "/machine"),
                                    -1,
                                    &parent);
         if (rc != 0) {
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
index 3a58f24e03..891984a5b1 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ int qemuInitCgroup(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
         /* We only auto-create the default partition. In other
          * cases we expec the sysadmin/app to have done so */
         rc = virCgroupNewPartition(vm->def->resource->partition,
-                                   STREQ(vm->def->resource->partition, "/system"),
+                                   STREQ(vm->def->resource->partition, "/machine"),
                                    cfg->cgroupControllers,
                                    &parent);
         if (rc != 0) {