diff --git a/container/raw/handler.go b/container/raw/handler.go
index 3d258e53..836d879a 100644
--- a/container/raw/handler.go
+++ b/container/raw/handler.go
@@ -177,7 +177,11 @@ func (self *rawContainerHandler) GetSpec() (info.ContainerSpec, error) {
 	now := time.Now()
 	lowestTime := now
 	for _, cgroupPath := range self.cgroupPaths {
-		// The modified time of the cgroup directory is when the container was created.
+		// The modified time of the cgroup directory changes whenever a subcontainer is created.
+		// eg. /docker will have creation time matching the creation of latest docker container.
+		// Use clone_children as a workaround as it isn't usually modified. It is only likely changed
+		// immediately after creating a container.
+		cgroupPath = path.Join(cgroupPath, "cgroup.clone_children")
 		fi, err := os.Stat(cgroupPath)
 		if err == nil && fi.ModTime().Before(lowestTime) {
 			lowestTime = fi.ModTime()