diff --git a/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c b/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
index ba411a0af6..85b7c8f537 100644
--- a/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
+++ b/src/bhyve/bhyve_driver.c
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ bhyveNodeGetMemoryStats(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (virNodeGetMemoryStatsEnsureACL(conn) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    return nodeGetMemoryStats(cellNum, params, nparams, flags);
+    return nodeGetMemoryStats(NULL, cellNum, params, nparams, flags);
 }
 
 static int
diff --git a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
index e0e72ea91a..81bb71186c 100644
--- a/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
+++ b/src/lxc/lxc_driver.c
@@ -5486,7 +5486,7 @@ lxcNodeGetMemoryStats(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (virNodeGetMemoryStatsEnsureACL(conn) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    return nodeGetMemoryStats(cellNum, params, nparams, flags);
+    return nodeGetMemoryStats(NULL, cellNum, params, nparams, flags);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/nodeinfo.c b/src/nodeinfo.c
index a71d05ef55..ca9cb3a66e 100644
--- a/src/nodeinfo.c
+++ b/src/nodeinfo.c
@@ -1141,7 +1141,8 @@ int nodeGetCPUStats(int cpuNum ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 #endif
 }
 
-int nodeGetMemoryStats(int cellNum ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+int nodeGetMemoryStats(const char *sysfs_prefix ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+                       int cellNum ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                        virNodeMemoryStatsPtr params ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                        int *nparams ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                        unsigned int flags)
@@ -1151,6 +1152,7 @@ int nodeGetMemoryStats(int cellNum ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
 #ifdef __linux__
     {
         int ret;
+        const char *prefix = sysfs_prefix ? sysfs_prefix : SYSFS_SYSTEM_PATH;
         char *meminfo_path = NULL;
         FILE *meminfo;
         int max_node;
@@ -1170,7 +1172,7 @@ int nodeGetMemoryStats(int cellNum ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
             }
 
             if (virAsprintf(&meminfo_path, "%s/node/node%d/meminfo",
-                            SYSFS_SYSTEM_PATH, cellNum) < 0)
+                            prefix, cellNum) < 0)
                 return -1;
         }
         meminfo = fopen(meminfo_path, "r");
diff --git a/src/nodeinfo.h b/src/nodeinfo.h
index b28aaab2ea..4f983c231c 100644
--- a/src/nodeinfo.h
+++ b/src/nodeinfo.h
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ int nodeGetCPUStats(int cpuNum,
                     virNodeCPUStatsPtr params,
                     int *nparams,
                     unsigned int flags);
-int nodeGetMemoryStats(int cellNum,
+int nodeGetMemoryStats(const char *sysfs_prefix,
+                       int cellNum,
                        virNodeMemoryStatsPtr params,
                        int *nparams,
                        unsigned int flags);
diff --git a/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c b/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c
index 280b998371..fc8db7ea1d 100644
--- a/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c
+++ b/src/openvz/openvz_driver.c
@@ -2177,7 +2177,7 @@ openvzNodeGetMemoryStats(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                          int *nparams,
                          unsigned int flags)
 {
-    return nodeGetMemoryStats(cellNum, params, nparams, flags);
+    return nodeGetMemoryStats(NULL, cellNum, params, nparams, flags);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
index fc089af236..8233dadb4b 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_driver.c
@@ -18434,7 +18434,7 @@ qemuNodeGetMemoryStats(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (virNodeGetMemoryStatsEnsureACL(conn) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    return nodeGetMemoryStats(cellNum, params, nparams, flags);
+    return nodeGetMemoryStats(NULL, cellNum, params, nparams, flags);
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/uml/uml_driver.c b/src/uml/uml_driver.c
index 86066160d5..c3c5fa7d9a 100644
--- a/src/uml/uml_driver.c
+++ b/src/uml/uml_driver.c
@@ -2810,7 +2810,7 @@ umlNodeGetMemoryStats(virConnectPtr conn,
     if (virNodeGetMemoryStatsEnsureACL(conn) < 0)
         return -1;
 
-    return nodeGetMemoryStats(cellNum, params, nparams, flags);
+    return nodeGetMemoryStats(NULL, cellNum, params, nparams, flags);
 }