diff --git a/src/lxc/cgroups/cgfsng.c b/src/lxc/cgroups/cgfsng.c
index cc9633957..23b6af1af 100644
--- a/src/lxc/cgroups/cgfsng.c
+++ b/src/lxc/cgroups/cgfsng.c
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ __cgfsng_ops static void cgfsng_payload_destroy(struct cgroup_ops *ops,
 static bool cpuset1_cpus_initialize(int dfd_parent, int dfd_child,
 				    bool am_initialized)
 {
-	__do_free char *cpulist = NULL, *fpath = NULL, *isolcpus = NULL,
+	__do_free char *cpulist = NULL, *isolcpus = NULL,
 		       *offlinecpus = NULL, *posscpus = NULL;
 	__do_free __u32 *possmask = NULL;
 	int ret;
@@ -582,7 +582,7 @@ static bool cpuset1_cpus_initialize(int dfd_parent, int dfd_child,
 
 	posscpus = read_file_at(dfd_parent, "cpuset.cpus", PROTECT_OPEN, 0);
 	if (!posscpus)
-		return log_error_errno(false, errno, "Failed to read file \"%s\"", fpath);
+		return log_error_errno(false, errno, "Failed to read file %d/cpuset.cpus", dfd_parent);
 
 	if (file_exists(__ISOL_CPUS)) {
 		isolcpus = read_file_at(-EBADF, __ISOL_CPUS, PROTECT_OPEN, 0);