diff --git a/plugins/in_docker/cgroup_v1.c b/plugins/in_docker/cgroup_v1.c
index ab401478e72..4d2355acb8a 100644
--- a/plugins/in_docker/cgroup_v1.c
+++ b/plugins/in_docker/cgroup_v1.c
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ static char *get_config_file(struct flb_docker *ctx, char *id)
 
 static char *extract_name(char *line, char *start)
 {
-    int skip = 9;
+    int skip = sizeof(DOCKER_NAME_ARG)-1;
     int len = 0;
     char *name;
     char buff[256];
diff --git a/plugins/in_docker/cgroup_v2.c b/plugins/in_docker/cgroup_v2.c
index 295483cd259..3a19a8105c1 100644
--- a/plugins/in_docker/cgroup_v2.c
+++ b/plugins/in_docker/cgroup_v2.c
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ static char *get_config_file(struct flb_docker *ctx, char *id)
 
 static char *extract_name(char *line, char *start)
 {
-    int skip = 9;
+    int skip = sizeof(DOCKER_NAME_ARG)-1;
     int len = 0;
     char *name;
     char buff[256];
diff --git a/plugins/in_docker/docker.h b/plugins/in_docker/docker.h
index e6f61c1cdeb..6ff1655058a 100644
--- a/plugins/in_docker/docker.h
+++ b/plugins/in_docker/docker.h
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 #define DOCKER_CGROUP_V2_CPU_USAGE_TEMPLATE DOCKER_CGROUP_V2_CPU_USAGE_KEY" %lu"
 
 #define DOCKER_CONFIG_JSON    "config.v2.json"
-#define DOCKER_NAME_ARG       "\"Name\""
+#define DOCKER_NAME_ARG       "\"Name\":\"/"
 #define DEFAULT_INTERVAL_SEC  "1"
 #define DEFAULT_INTERVAL_NSEC "0"