diff --git a/pkg/devutil/devutil.go b/pkg/devutil/devutil.go
index 85f1294fa..edc1478d4 100644
--- a/pkg/devutil/devutil.go
+++ b/pkg/devutil/devutil.go
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ import (
 type GoferClient struct {
 	clientFD lisafs.ClientFD
 	hostFD   int
+	contName string
 }
 
 // NewGoferClient establishes the LISAFS connection to the dev gofer server.
-// It takes ownership of fd.
-func NewGoferClient(ctx context.Context, fd int) (*GoferClient, error) {
+// It takes ownership of fd. contName is the owning container name.
+func NewGoferClient(ctx context.Context, contName string, fd int) (*GoferClient, error) {
 	ctx.UninterruptibleSleepStart(false)
 	defer ctx.UninterruptibleSleepFinish(false)
 
@@ -63,6 +64,11 @@ func (g *GoferClient) Close() {
 	}
 }
 
+// ContainerName returns the name of the container that owns this gofer.
+func (g *GoferClient) ContainerName() string {
+	return g.contName
+}
+
 // DirentNames returns names of all the dirents for /dev on the gofer.
 func (g *GoferClient) DirentNames(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
 	if g.hostFD >= 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/devices/nvproxy/frontend.go b/pkg/sentry/devices/nvproxy/frontend.go
index f6c6323f6..31f3cacfa 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/devices/nvproxy/frontend.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/devices/nvproxy/frontend.go
@@ -66,8 +66,9 @@ func (dev *frontendDevice) Open(ctx context.Context, mnt *vfs.Mount, vfsd *vfs.D
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	fd := &frontendFD{
-		dev:    dev,
-		hostFD: int32(hostFD),
+		dev:           dev,
+		containerName: devClient.ContainerName(),
+		hostFD:        int32(hostFD),
 	}
 	if err := fd.vfsfd.Init(fd, opts.Flags, mnt, vfsd, &vfs.FileDescriptionOptions{
 		UseDentryMetadata: true,
@@ -94,12 +95,12 @@ type frontendFD struct {
 	vfs.DentryMetadataFileDescriptionImpl
 	vfs.NoLockFD
 
-	dev        *frontendDevice
-	hostFD     int32
-	memmapFile frontendFDMemmapFile
-
-	queue waiter.Queue
+	dev           *frontendDevice
+	containerName string
+	hostFD        int32
+	memmapFile    frontendFDMemmapFile
 
+	queue           waiter.Queue
 	haveMmapContext atomic.Bool
 
 	// clients are handles of clients owned by this frontendFD. clients is
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/devices/nvproxy/uvm.go b/pkg/sentry/devices/nvproxy/uvm.go
index e06d168d6..b0a85ca25 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/devices/nvproxy/uvm.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/devices/nvproxy/uvm.go
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@ func (dev *uvmDevice) Open(ctx context.Context, mnt *vfs.Mount, vfsd *vfs.Dentry
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	fd := &uvmFD{
-		dev:    dev,
-		hostFD: int32(hostFD),
+		dev:           dev,
+		containerName: devClient.ContainerName(),
+		hostFD:        int32(hostFD),
 	}
 	if err := fd.vfsfd.Init(fd, opts.Flags, mnt, vfsd, &vfs.FileDescriptionOptions{
 		UseDentryMetadata: true,
@@ -79,9 +80,10 @@ type uvmFD struct {
 	vfs.DentryMetadataFileDescriptionImpl
 	vfs.NoLockFD
 
-	dev        *uvmDevice
-	hostFD     int32
-	memmapFile uvmFDMemmapFile
+	dev           *uvmDevice
+	containerName string
+	hostFD        int32
+	memmapFile    uvmFDMemmapFile
 
 	queue waiter.Queue
 }
diff --git a/pkg/sentry/kernel/kernel.go b/pkg/sentry/kernel/kernel.go
index 9074702b4..ccfc9e18b 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/kernel/kernel.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/kernel/kernel.go
@@ -1977,7 +1977,7 @@ func (k *Kernel) GetUserCounters(uid auth.KUID) *UserCounters {
 // AddDevGofer initializes the dev gofer connection and starts tracking it.
 // It takes ownership of goferFD.
 func (k *Kernel) AddDevGofer(contName string, goferFD int) error {
-	client, err := devutil.NewGoferClient(k.SupervisorContext(), goferFD)
+	client, err := devutil.NewGoferClient(k.SupervisorContext(), contName, goferFD)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}