diff --git a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/templates/crio.conf.j2 b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/templates/crio.conf.j2
index 1a25e0929..d209b2bef 100644
--- a/roles/container-engine/cri-o/templates/crio.conf.j2
+++ b/roles/container-engine/cri-o/templates/crio.conf.j2
@@ -113,8 +113,12 @@ conmon = "{{ crio_conmon }}"
 {% if crio_cgroup_manager == "cgroupfs" %}
 conmon_cgroup = "pod"
 {% else %}
+{% if kube_reserved is defined and kube_reserved|bool %}
+conmon_cgroup = "{{ kube_reserved_cgroups_for_service_slice }}
+{% else %}
 conmon_cgroup = "system.slice"
 {% endif %}
+{% endif %}
 
 # Environment variable list for the conmon process, used for passing necessary
 # environment variables to conmon or the runtime.