diff --git a/crates/libcgroups/src/systemd/manager.rs b/crates/libcgroups/src/systemd/manager.rs
index ca4e2fe6de..295dcb96da 100644
--- a/crates/libcgroups/src/systemd/manager.rs
+++ b/crates/libcgroups/src/systemd/manager.rs
@@ -353,6 +353,10 @@ impl CgroupManager for Manager {
         if pid.as_raw() == -1 {
             return Ok(());
         }
+        if self.client.transient_unit_exists(&self.unit_name){
+            tracing::debug!("Transient unit {:?} already exists",self.unit_name);
+            return Ok(());
+        }
 
         tracing::debug!("Starting {:?}", self.unit_name);
         self.client.start_transient_unit(
diff --git a/crates/libcontainer/src/container/tenant_builder.rs b/crates/libcontainer/src/container/tenant_builder.rs
index a503cc6ff8..86192141d4 100644
--- a/crates/libcontainer/src/container/tenant_builder.rs
+++ b/crates/libcontainer/src/container/tenant_builder.rs
@@ -327,10 +327,14 @@ impl TenantContainerBuilder {
             ));
         }
 
+        let linux = spec.linux().as_ref().unwrap();
         let init_process = procfs::process::Process::new(container.pid().unwrap().as_raw())?;
         let ns = self.get_namespaces(init_process.namespaces()?.0)?;
-        let linux = LinuxBuilder::default().namespaces(ns).build()?;
-
+        let linux = if linux.cgroups_path().is_some(){
+            LinuxBuilder::default().namespaces(ns).cgroups_path(linux.cgroups_path().as_ref().unwrap().clone()).build()?
+        }else{
+            LinuxBuilder::default().namespaces(ns).build()?
+        };
         spec.set_process(Some(process)).set_linux(Some(linux));
         Ok(())
     }