diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c b/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
index 0a43b61e7d..7311489d1d 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_cgroup.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ virCgroupPtr virLXCCgroupCreate(virDomainDefPtr def, bool startup)
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
-        if (!(res->partition = strdup("/system"))) {
+        if (!(res->partition = strdup("/machine"))) {
             virReportOOMError();
             VIR_FREE(res);
             goto cleanup;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
index 9a7bffbe2f..3a58f24e03 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_cgroup.c
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ int qemuInitCgroup(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
             goto cleanup;
         }
 
-        if (!(res->partition = strdup("/system"))) {
+        if (!(res->partition = strdup("/machine"))) {
             virReportOOMError();
             VIR_FREE(res);
             goto cleanup;