diff --git a/cmd/vmwrapper/vmwrapper.go b/cmd/vmwrapper/vmwrapper.go
index f113533a9..5e0f300e9 100644
--- a/cmd/vmwrapper/vmwrapper.go
+++ b/cmd/vmwrapper/vmwrapper.go
@@ -71,13 +71,17 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// FIXME: move the pid of qemu instance out of /kubepods/podxxxxxxx
-	// for some cases it will be killed by kubelet after the virtlet pod is deleted/recreated
+	// FIXME: move the pid of qemu instance out of kubelet-managed
+	// for cgroups that aren't managed by libvirt.
+	// If we don't do this, the VM pod will be killed by kubelet when Virtlet pod
+	// is removed dnd cgroup-per-qos is enabled in kubelet settings.
 	cm := cgroups.NewManager(os.Getpid(), nil)
-	if _, err := cm.GetProcessController("hugetlb"); err == nil {
-		err = cm.MoveProcess("hugetlb", "/")
-		if err != nil {
-			glog.Warningf("failed to move pid into hugetlb path /: %v", err)
+	for _, ctl := range []string{"hugetlb", "systemd", "pids"} {
+		if _, err := cm.GetProcessController(ctl); err == nil {
+			err = cm.MoveProcess(ctl, "/")
+			if err != nil {
+				glog.Warningf("failed to move pid into cgroup %q path /: %v", ctl, err)
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/utils/cgroups/controllers.go b/pkg/utils/cgroups/controllers.go
index 6d56c27f3..b39256fad 100644
--- a/pkg/utils/cgroups/controllers.go
+++ b/pkg/utils/cgroups/controllers.go
@@ -94,8 +94,15 @@ func (c *RealManager) GetProcessControllers() (map[string]string, error) {
 		// "6:memory:/user.slice/user-xxx.slice/session-xx.scope"
 		parts := strings.SplitN(line, ":", 3)
 
+		name := parts[1]
+		if strings.HasPrefix(name, "name=") {
+			// Handle named cgroup hierarchies like name=systemd
+			// The corresponding directory tree will be /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd
+			name = name[5:]
+		}
+
 		// use second part as controller name and third as its path
-		ctrls[parts[1]] = parts[2]
+		ctrls[name] = parts[2]
 
 		if err == io.EOF {
 			break