diff --git a/runsc/cgroup/cgroup.go b/runsc/cgroup/cgroup.go
index f9bea2f86..bf43266e4 100644
--- a/runsc/cgroup/cgroup.go
+++ b/runsc/cgroup/cgroup.go
@@ -643,7 +643,7 @@ func (c *cgroupV1) CPUQuota() (float64, error) {
 	return float64(quota) / float64(period), nil
 }
 
-// CPUUsage returns the total CPU usage of the cgroup.
+// CPUUsage returns the total CPU usage of the cgroup in nanoseconds.
 func (c *cgroupV1) CPUUsage() (uint64, error) {
 	path := c.MakePath("cpuacct")
 	usage, err := getValue(path, "cpuacct.usage")
diff --git a/runsc/cgroup/cgroup_v2.go b/runsc/cgroup/cgroup_v2.go
index bfc20e468..f956165c8 100644
--- a/runsc/cgroup/cgroup_v2.go
+++ b/runsc/cgroup/cgroup_v2.go
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ func parseCPUQuota(cpuMax string) (float64, error) {
 
 }
 
-// CPUUsage returns the total CPU usage of the cgroup.
+// CPUUsage returns the total CPU usage of the cgroup in nanoseconds.
 func (c *cgroupV2) CPUUsage() (uint64, error) {
 	cpuStat, err := getValue(c.MakePath(""), "cpu.stat")
 	if err != nil {
@@ -300,7 +300,7 @@ func (c *cgroupV2) CPUUsage() (uint64, error) {
 			return 0, err
 		}
 		if key == "usage_usec" {
-			return value, nil
+			return value * 1000, nil
 		}
 	}