diff --git a/src/coreclr/gc/unix/cgroup.cpp b/src/coreclr/gc/unix/cgroup.cpp
index ff1712235a339d..4abbcfa942dc3a 100644
--- a/src/coreclr/gc/unix/cgroup.cpp
+++ b/src/coreclr/gc/unix/cgroup.cpp
@@ -510,6 +510,9 @@ class CGroup
 
     static bool GetCGroupMemoryUsage(size_t *val, const char *filename, const char *inactiveFileFieldName)
     {
+        if (s_memory_cgroup_path == nullptr)
+            return false;
+
         // Use the same way to calculate memory load as popular container tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Containerd etc.)
         // For cgroup v1: value of 'memory.usage_in_bytes' minus 'total_inactive_file' value of 'memory.stat'
         // For cgroup v2: value of 'memory.current' minus 'inactive_file' value of 'memory.stat'
@@ -534,9 +537,6 @@ class CGroup
         if (!result)
             return result;
 
-        if (s_memory_cgroup_path == nullptr)
-            return false;
-
         uint64_t inactiveFileValue = 0;
         if (GetCGroupMemoryStatField(inactiveFileFieldName, &inactiveFileValue))
         {
diff --git a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-cgroup.c b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-cgroup.c
index 4c58f53257b97e..9a1fab301a2dc8 100644
--- a/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-cgroup.c
+++ b/src/mono/mono/utils/mono-cgroup.c
@@ -535,6 +535,9 @@ getCGroupMemoryLimit(size_t *val, const char *filename)
 static gboolean 
 getCGroupMemoryUsage(size_t *val, const char *filename, const char *inactiveFileFieldName)
 {
+	if (s_memory_cgroup_path == NULL)
+		return FALSE;
+
 	/* 
 	 * Use the same way to calculate memory load as popular container tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Containerd etc.)
 	 * For cgroup v1: value of 'memory.usage_in_bytes' minus 'total_inactive_file' value of 'memory.stat'
@@ -561,9 +564,6 @@ getCGroupMemoryUsage(size_t *val, const char *filename, const char *inactiveFile
 	if (!result)
 		return result;
 
-	if (s_memory_cgroup_path == NULL)
-		return FALSE;
-
 	char *stat_filename = NULL;
 	if (asprintf (&stat_filename, "%s%s", s_memory_cgroup_path, CGROUP_MEMORY_STAT_FILENAME) < 0)
 		return FALSE;