diff --git a/metrics/cgroups/cgroups.go b/metrics/cgroups/cgroups.go
index 3e0e1f5..475fd8d 100644
--- a/metrics/cgroups/cgroups.go
+++ b/metrics/cgroups/cgroups.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ func init() {
 
 func New(ic *plugin.InitContext) (interface{}, error) {
 	var (
-		ns        = metrics.NewNamespace("containerd", "container", nil)
+		ns        = metrics.NewNamespace("container", "", nil)
 		collector = prometheus.New(ns)
 	)
 	oom, err := prometheus.NewOOMCollector(ns)