diff --git a/libpod/container_internal.go b/libpod/container_internal.go
index 53b85a466e..af7e974714 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ const (
 	// name of the directory holding the artifacts
 	artifactsDir      = "artifacts"
 	execDirPermission = 0755
+	preCheckpointDir  = "pre-checkpoint"
 )
 
 // rootFsSize gets the size of the container's root filesystem
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ func (c *Container) CheckpointPath() string {
 
 // PreCheckpointPath returns the path to the directory containing the pre-checkpoint-images
 func (c *Container) PreCheckPointPath() string {
-	return filepath.Join(c.bundlePath(), "pre-checkpoint")
+	return filepath.Join(c.bundlePath(), preCheckpointDir)
 }
 
 // AttachSocketPath retrieves the path of the container's attach socket
diff --git a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
index df9e03e78f..bf235e42c8 100644
--- a/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/container_internal_linux.go
@@ -907,14 +907,15 @@ func (c *Container) exportCheckpoint(options ContainerCheckpointOptions) error {
 	includeFiles := []string{
 		"artifacts",
 		"ctr.log",
-		metadata.CheckpointDirectory,
 		metadata.ConfigDumpFile,
 		metadata.SpecDumpFile,
 		metadata.NetworkStatusFile,
 	}
 
 	if options.PreCheckPoint {
-		includeFiles[0] = "pre-checkpoint"
+		includeFiles = append(includeFiles, preCheckpointDir)
+	} else {
+		includeFiles = append(includeFiles, metadata.CheckpointDirectory)
 	}
 	// Get root file-system changes included in the checkpoint archive
 	var addToTarFiles []string
diff --git a/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go b/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
index 3da49b85f8..2914bd1a19 100644
--- a/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/oci_conmon_linux.go
@@ -787,7 +787,11 @@ func (r *ConmonOCIRuntime) CheckpointContainer(ctr *Container, options Container
 		args = append(args, "--pre-dump")
 	}
 	if !options.PreCheckPoint && options.WithPrevious {
-		args = append(args, "--parent-path", ctr.PreCheckPointPath())
+		args = append(
+			args,
+			"--parent-path",
+			filepath.Join("..", preCheckpointDir),
+		)
 	}
 	runtimeDir, err := util.GetRuntimeDir()
 	if err != nil {