diff --git a/libpod/util_linux.go b/libpod/util_linux.go
index ac83857eed21..574c58a01fde 100644
--- a/libpod/util_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/util_linux.go
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ func assembleSystemdCgroupName(baseSlice, newSlice string) (string, string, erro
 		// When we run as rootless, the cgroup has a path like the following:
 		///sys/fs/cgroup/user.slice/user-@$UID.slice/user@$UID.service/user.slice/user-libpod_pod_$POD_ID.slice
 		uid := rootless.GetRootlessUID()
-		raw := fmt.Sprintf("user.slice/%s-%d.slice/user@%d.service/%s/%s-%s%s", noSlice, uid, uid, baseSlice, noSlice, newSlice, sliceSuffix)
+		raw := fmt.Sprintf("user.slice/user-%d.slice/user@%d.service/%s/%s-%s%s", uid, uid, baseSlice, noSlice, newSlice, sliceSuffix)
 		return raw, systemdPath, nil
 	}
 	return systemdPath, systemdPath, nil