diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/blkio.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/blkio.go
index 3b9405542db..983afdbcd62 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/blkio.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/blkio.go
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ type BlkioGroup struct {
 
 func (s *BlkioGroup) Apply(d *data) error {
 	dir, err := d.join("blkio")
-	if err != nil && !cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+	if err != nil {
+		if cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpu.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpu.go
index 5afd5b8d135..c3cb3d057bc 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpu.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpu.go
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ func (s *CpuGroup) Apply(d *data) error {
 	// We always want to join the cpu group, to allow fair cpu scheduling
 	// on a container basis
 	dir, err := d.join("cpu")
-	if err != nil && !cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+	if err != nil {
+		if cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuset.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuset.go
index b6c04b0c498..f3e119c0427 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuset.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/cpuset.go
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@ type CpusetGroup struct {
 
 func (s *CpusetGroup) Apply(d *data) error {
 	dir, err := d.path("cpuset")
-	if err != nil && !cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+	if err != nil {
+		if cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}
 	return s.ApplyDir(dir, d.c, d.pid)
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/freezer.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/freezer.go
index 47f74395490..d2bd6464fdc 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/freezer.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/freezer.go
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ type FreezerGroup struct {
 
 func (s *FreezerGroup) Apply(d *data) error {
 	dir, err := d.join("freezer")
-	if err != nil && !cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+	if err != nil {
+		if cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/hugetlb.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/hugetlb.go
index 7f192a9ae29..d9fa01b966d 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/hugetlb.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/hugetlb.go
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ type HugetlbGroup struct {
 
 func (s *HugetlbGroup) Apply(d *data) error {
 	dir, err := d.join("hugetlb")
-	if err != nil && !cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+	if err != nil {
+		if cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
index 55ab56f4cb0..e126ca3a170 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/memory.go
@@ -19,7 +19,10 @@ type MemoryGroup struct {
 
 func (s *MemoryGroup) Apply(d *data) error {
 	path, err := d.path("memory")
-	if err != nil && !cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+	if err != nil {
+		if cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}
 	if err := os.MkdirAll(path, 0755); err != nil && !os.IsExist(err) {
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/net_cls.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/net_cls.go
index 23335dd7b8f..c69a31ad1b8 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/net_cls.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/net_cls.go
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ type NetClsGroup struct {
 
 func (s *NetClsGroup) Apply(d *data) error {
 	dir, err := d.join("net_cls")
-	if err != nil && !cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+	if err != nil {
+		if cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}
 
diff --git a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/net_prio.go b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/net_prio.go
index 88f2ea8baae..703113dbf1f 100644
--- a/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/net_prio.go
+++ b/libcontainer/cgroups/fs/net_prio.go
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ type NetPrioGroup struct {
 
 func (s *NetPrioGroup) Apply(d *data) error {
 	dir, err := d.join("net_prio")
-	if err != nil && !cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+	if err != nil {
+		if cgroups.IsNotFound(err) {
+			return nil
+		}
 		return err
 	}