diff --git a/cgroup.go b/cgroup.go
index 6e4cc84..de06a05 100644
--- a/cgroup.go
+++ b/cgroup.go
@@ -128,9 +128,9 @@ func currentProcCgroup(fs afero.Fs) (string, error) {
 	entries := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(string(data)), "\n")
 
 	for _, entry := range entries {
-		parts := strings.Split(strings.TrimSpace(entry), ":")
+		parts := strings.SplitN(strings.TrimSpace(entry), ":", 3)
 		if len(parts) != 3 {
-			return "", xerrors.Errorf("parse entry %v: %w", procSelfCgroup, err)
+			return "", xerrors.Errorf("parse entry %v: expected at least 3 colon-separated fields in %q", procSelfCgroup, entry)
 		}
 
 		if parts[0] == "0" {
diff --git a/cgroup_internal_test.go b/cgroup_internal_test.go
index ff3c0fd..8214c3d 100644
--- a/cgroup_internal_test.go
+++ b/cgroup_internal_test.go
@@ -54,6 +54,22 @@ func TestCurrentProcCgroup(t *testing.T) {
 1:net_cls:/`,
 			expectPath: "/init.slice",
 		},
+		{
+			name:       "ExtraColonsInPath",
+			procFile:   `0::/system.slice/kubepods-burstable.slice:cri-containerd:d24f9cc`,
+			expectPath: "/system.slice/kubepods-burstable.slice:cri-containerd:d24f9cc",
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ExtraColonsInPathWithMixedHierarchy",
+			procFile: `1:net_cls:/init.slice
+0::/system.slice/kubepods.slice:cri-containerd:abc123`,
+			expectPath: "/system.slice/kubepods.slice:cri-containerd:abc123",
+		},
+		{
+			name:        "MalformedEntryTooFewFields",
+			procFile:    `0`,
+			expectError: "parse entry",
+		},
 		{
 			name:        "MissingHierarchy0",
 			procFile:    `1:net_cls:/`,