diff --git a/plugins/lxc/lxc_guests b/plugins/lxc/lxc_guests
index 24720003..1e4f2fb4 100755
--- a/plugins/lxc/lxc_guests
+++ b/plugins/lxc/lxc_guests
@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@ lxc_count_processes () {
       "/sys/fs/cgroup/lxc/$guest_name/tasks" \
       "/sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct/lxc/$guest_name/tasks" \
       "/sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/lxc/$guest_name/tasks" \
-      "/sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct/sysdefault/lxc/$guest_name/tasks"
+      "/sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct/sysdefault/lxc/$guest_name/tasks" \
+      "/sys/fs/cgroup/cpu/lxc.payload.$guest_name/tasks"
    do
       if [ -e "$SYSFS" ]; then
          wc -l <"$SYSFS"