diff --git a/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/processgroup.h b/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/processgroup.h
index 02f7c2508..d27b56895 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/processgroup.h
+++ b/libprocessgroup/include/processgroup/processgroup.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 __BEGIN_DECLS
 
-static constexpr const char* CGROUPV2_HIERARCHY_NAME = "cgroup2";
+static constexpr std::string CGROUPV2_HIERARCHY_NAME = "cgroup2";
 
 bool CgroupsAvailable();
 bool CgroupGetControllerPath(const std::string& cgroup_name, std::string* path);
diff --git a/libprocessgroup/setup/cgroup_map_write.cpp b/libprocessgroup/setup/cgroup_map_write.cpp
index d05bf2408..c4e1fb680 100644
--- a/libprocessgroup/setup/cgroup_map_write.cpp
+++ b/libprocessgroup/setup/cgroup_map_write.cpp
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ static bool SetupCgroup(const CgroupDescriptor& descriptor) {
     const CgroupController* controller = descriptor.controller();
 
     if (controller->version() == 2) {
-        if (!strcmp(controller->name(), CGROUPV2_HIERARCHY_NAME)) {
+        if (controller->name() == CGROUPV2_HIERARCHY_NAME) {
             return MountV2CgroupController(descriptor);
         } else {
             return ActivateV2CgroupController(descriptor);