diff --git a/cmd/podman/shared/create.go b/cmd/podman/shared/create.go
index 759903c19e..dc343e6942 100644
--- a/cmd/podman/shared/create.go
+++ b/cmd/podman/shared/create.go
@@ -251,19 +251,10 @@ func parseSecurityOpt(config *cc.CreateConfig, securityOpts []string, runtime *l
 	}
 
 	if config.SeccompProfilePath == "" {
-		if _, err := os.Stat(libpod.SeccompOverridePath); err == nil {
-			config.SeccompProfilePath = libpod.SeccompOverridePath
-		} else {
-			if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				return errors.Wrapf(err, "can't check if %q exists", libpod.SeccompOverridePath)
-			}
-			if _, err := os.Stat(libpod.SeccompDefaultPath); err != nil {
-				if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-					return errors.Wrapf(err, "can't check if %q exists", libpod.SeccompDefaultPath)
-				}
-			} else {
-				config.SeccompProfilePath = libpod.SeccompDefaultPath
-			}
+		var err error
+		config.SeccompProfilePath, err = libpod.DefaultSeccompPath()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 	config.LabelOpts = labelOpts
diff --git a/libpod/util.go b/libpod/util.go
index 84fd490bf0..5ae5ab4910 100644
--- a/libpod/util.go
+++ b/libpod/util.go
@@ -189,3 +189,20 @@ func programVersion(mountProgram string) (string, error) {
 	}
 	return strings.TrimSuffix(output, "\n"), nil
 }
+
+func DefaultSeccompPath() (string, error) {
+	_, err := os.Stat(SeccompOverridePath)
+	if err == nil {
+		return SeccompOverridePath, nil
+	}
+	if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+		return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "can't check if %q exists", SeccompOverridePath)
+	}
+	if _, err := os.Stat(SeccompDefaultPath); err != nil {
+		if !os.IsNotExist(err) {
+			return "", errors.Wrapf(err, "can't check if %q exists", SeccompDefaultPath)
+		}
+		return "", nil
+	}
+	return SeccompDefaultPath, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/adapter/pods.go b/pkg/adapter/pods.go
index 9be2949293..d8d5b884fc 100644
--- a/pkg/adapter/pods.go
+++ b/pkg/adapter/pods.go
@@ -713,6 +713,11 @@ func kubeContainerToCreateConfig(ctx context.Context, containerYAML v1.Container
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	var err error
+	containerConfig.SeccompProfilePath, err = libpod.DefaultSeccompPath()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
 
 	containerConfig.Command = []string{}
 	if imageData != nil && imageData.Config != nil {