diff --git a/src/core/cgroup.c b/src/core/cgroup.c
index 4667d41ae3..f823de50e4 100644
--- a/src/core/cgroup.c
+++ b/src/core/cgroup.c
@@ -3950,7 +3950,11 @@ bool unit_invalidate_cgroup(Unit *u, CGroupMask m) {
         if (!crt)
                 return false;
 
-        if (FLAGS_SET(crt->cgroup_invalidated_mask, m)) /* NOP? */
+        /* If all controllers shall be invalidated, let's unconditionally submit the unit to realize queue.
+         * We initialize the field to _CGROUP_MASK_ALL after all, and semantically it makes sense to use
+         * it as a special signal to forcibly re-realize cgroup. */
+        if (m != _CGROUP_MASK_ALL &&
+            FLAGS_SET(crt->cgroup_invalidated_mask, m)) /* NOP? */
                 return false;
 
         crt->cgroup_invalidated_mask |= m;
@@ -4380,8 +4384,7 @@ int cgroup_runtime_deserialize_one(Unit *u, const char *key, const char *value,
         if (!UNIT_HAS_CGROUP_CONTEXT(u))
                 return 0;
 
-        if (MATCH_DESERIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(u, "cpu-usage-base", key, value, safe_atou64, cpu_usage_base) ||
-            MATCH_DESERIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(u, "cpuacct-usage-base", key, value, safe_atou64, cpu_usage_base))
+        if (MATCH_DESERIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(u, "cpu-usage-base", key, value, safe_atou64, cpu_usage_base))
                 return 1;
 
         if (MATCH_DESERIALIZE_IMMEDIATE(u, "cpu-usage-last", key, value, safe_atou64, cpu_usage_last))
diff --git a/src/core/exec-invoke.c b/src/core/exec-invoke.c
index 771308848a..6058553aac 100644
--- a/src/core/exec-invoke.c
+++ b/src/core/exec-invoke.c
@@ -5552,7 +5552,7 @@ int exec_invoke(
                                  * memory_pressure_path != NULL in the conditional below. */
                                 if (memory_pressure_path && needs_sandboxing && exec_needs_cgroup_namespace(context)) {
                                         memory_pressure_path = mfree(memory_pressure_path);
-                                        r = cg_get_path("memory", "", "memory.pressure", &memory_pressure_path);
+                                        r = cg_get_path("memory", "/", "memory.pressure", &memory_pressure_path);
                                         if (r < 0) {
                                                 *exit_status = EXIT_MEMORY;
                                                 return log_oom();