diff --git a/collector/diskstats_linux.go b/collector/diskstats_linux.go
index 134c19e299..af50de0fc0 100644
--- a/collector/diskstats_linux.go
+++ b/collector/diskstats_linux.go
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func NewDiskstatsCollector(logger *slog.Logger) (Collector, error) {
 	}
 
 	// Only enable getting device properties from udev if the directory is readable.
-	if stat, err := os.Stat(*udevDataPath); err != nil || !stat.IsDir() {
+	if stat, err := os.Stat(udevDataFilePath("")); err != nil || !stat.IsDir() {
 		logger.Error("Failed to open directory, disabling udev device properties", "path", *udevDataPath)
 	} else {
 		collector.getUdevDeviceProperties = getUdevDeviceProperties
diff --git a/collector/paths.go b/collector/paths.go
index 82c941876d..20d64a588d 100644
--- a/collector/paths.go
+++ b/collector/paths.go
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ func rootfsFilePath(name string) string {
 }
 
 func udevDataFilePath(name string) string {
+	// If rootfsPath flag is set, prepend to the udev data path
+	if *rootfsPath != "/" {
+		return filepath.Join(*rootfsPath, *udevDataPath, name)
+	}
 	return filepath.Join(*udevDataPath, name)
 }