diff --git a/accelerators/nvidia.go b/accelerators/nvidia.go
index 054d206b2a..496feba5ee 100644
--- a/accelerators/nvidia.go
+++ b/accelerators/nvidia.go
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type NvidiaManager struct {
-	sync.RWMutex
+	sync.Mutex
+
+	// true if there are NVIDIA devices present on the node
+	devicesPresent bool
 
 	// true if the NVML library (libnvidia-ml.so.1) was loaded successfully
 	nvmlInitialized bool
@@ -51,20 +54,9 @@ func (nm *NvidiaManager) Setup() {
 		return
 	}
 
-	nm.initializeNVML()
-	if nm.nvmlInitialized {
-		return
-	}
-	go func() {
-		glog.V(2).Info("Starting goroutine to initialize NVML")
-		// TODO: use globalHousekeepingInterval
-		for range time.Tick(time.Minute) {
-			nm.initializeNVML()
-			if nm.nvmlInitialized {
-				return
-			}
-		}
-	}()
+	nm.devicesPresent = true
+
+	initializeNVML(nm)
 }
 
 // detectDevices returns true if a device with given pci id is present on the node.
@@ -91,20 +83,18 @@ func detectDevices(vendorId string) bool {
 }
 
 // initializeNVML initializes the NVML library and sets up the nvmlDevices map.
-func (nm *NvidiaManager) initializeNVML() {
+// This is defined as a variable to help in testing.
+var initializeNVML = func(nm *NvidiaManager) {
 	if err := gonvml.Initialize(); err != nil {
 		// This is under a logging level because otherwise we may cause
 		// log spam if the drivers/nvml is not installed on the system.
 		glog.V(4).Infof("Could not initialize NVML: %v", err)
 		return
 	}
+	nm.nvmlInitialized = true
 	numDevices, err := gonvml.DeviceCount()
 	if err != nil {
 		glog.Warningf("GPU metrics would not be available. Failed to get the number of nvidia devices: %v", err)
-		nm.Lock()
-		// Even though we won't have GPU metrics, the library was initialized and should be shutdown when exiting.
-		nm.nvmlInitialized = true
-		nm.Unlock()
 		return
 	}
 	glog.V(1).Infof("NVML initialized. Number of nvidia devices: %v", numDevices)
@@ -122,10 +112,6 @@ func (nm *NvidiaManager) initializeNVML() {
 		}
 		nm.nvidiaDevices[int(minorNumber)] = device
 	}
-	nm.Lock()
-	// Doing this at the end to avoid race in accessing nvidiaDevices in GetCollector.
-	nm.nvmlInitialized = true
-	nm.Unlock()
 }
 
 // Destroy shuts down NVML.
@@ -139,12 +125,21 @@ func (nm *NvidiaManager) Destroy() {
 // present in the devices.list file in the given devicesCgroupPath.
 func (nm *NvidiaManager) GetCollector(devicesCgroupPath string) (AcceleratorCollector, error) {
 	nc := &NvidiaCollector{}
-	nm.RLock()
+
+	if !nm.devicesPresent {
+		return nc, nil
+	}
+	// Makes sure that we don't call initializeNVML() concurrently and
+	// that we only call initializeNVML() when it's not initialized.
+	nm.Lock()
+	if !nm.nvmlInitialized {
+		initializeNVML(nm)
+	}
 	if !nm.nvmlInitialized || len(nm.nvidiaDevices) == 0 {
-		nm.RUnlock()
+		nm.Unlock()
 		return nc, nil
 	}
-	nm.RUnlock()
+	nm.Unlock()
 	nvidiaMinorNumbers, err := parseDevicesCgroup(devicesCgroupPath)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nc, err
diff --git a/accelerators/nvidia_test.go b/accelerators/nvidia_test.go
index c054433f89..b7e7c4d613 100644
--- a/accelerators/nvidia_test.go
+++ b/accelerators/nvidia_test.go
@@ -71,13 +71,16 @@ func TestGetCollector(t *testing.T) {
 		return []int{2, 3}, nil
 	}
 	parseDevicesCgroup = mockParser
+	originalInitializeNVML := initializeNVML
+	initializeNVML = func(_ *NvidiaManager) {}
 	defer func() {
 		parseDevicesCgroup = originalParser
+		initializeNVML = originalInitializeNVML
 	}()
 
 	nm := &NvidiaManager{}
 
-	// When nvmlInitialized is false, empty collector should be returned.
+	// When devicesPresent is false, empty collector should be returned.
 	ac, err := nm.GetCollector("does-not-matter")
 	assert.Nil(t, err)
 	assert.NotNil(t, ac)
@@ -85,6 +88,15 @@ func TestGetCollector(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.True(t, ok)
 	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(nc.Devices))
 
+	// When nvmlInitialized is false, empty collector should be returned.
+	nm.devicesPresent = true
+	ac, err = nm.GetCollector("does-not-matter")
+	assert.Nil(t, err)
+	assert.NotNil(t, ac)
+	nc, ok = ac.(*NvidiaCollector)
+	assert.True(t, ok)
+	assert.Equal(t, 0, len(nc.Devices))
+
 	// When nvidiaDevices is empty, empty collector should be returned.
 	nm.nvmlInitialized = true
 	ac, err = nm.GetCollector("does-not-matter")
diff --git a/container/crio/handler.go b/container/crio/handler.go
index 13311c57fe..4d7efbf400 100644
--- a/container/crio/handler.go
+++ b/container/crio/handler.go
@@ -65,9 +65,6 @@ type crioContainerHandler struct {
 
 	ignoreMetrics container.MetricSet
 
-	// container restart count
-	restartCount int
-
 	reference info.ContainerReference
 
 	libcontainerHandler *containerlibcontainer.Handler
@@ -166,7 +163,10 @@ func newCrioContainerHandler(
 	// ignore err and get zero as default, this happens with sandboxes, not sure why...
 	// kube isn't sending restart count in labels for sandboxes.
 	restartCount, _ := strconv.Atoi(cInfo.Annotations["io.kubernetes.container.restartCount"])
-	handler.restartCount = restartCount
+	// Only adds restartcount label if it's greater than 0
+	if restartCount > 0 {
+		handler.labels["restartcount"] = strconv.Itoa(restartCount)
+	}
 
 	handler.ipAddress = cInfo.IP
 
@@ -210,10 +210,6 @@ func (self *crioContainerHandler) GetSpec() (info.ContainerSpec, error) {
 	spec, err := common.GetSpec(self.cgroupPaths, self.machineInfoFactory, self.needNet(), hasFilesystem)
 
 	spec.Labels = self.labels
-	// Only adds restartcount label if it's greater than 0
-	if self.restartCount > 0 {
-		spec.Labels["restartcount"] = strconv.Itoa(self.restartCount)
-	}
 	spec.Envs = self.envs
 	spec.Image = self.image
 
diff --git a/container/docker/handler.go b/container/docker/handler.go
index 22b9455f3f..64726053a7 100644
--- a/container/docker/handler.go
+++ b/container/docker/handler.go
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ type dockerContainerHandler struct {
 	// zfsParent is the parent for docker zfs
 	zfsParent string
 
-	// container restart count
-	restartCount int
-
 	// Reference to the container
 	reference info.ContainerReference
 
@@ -226,7 +223,10 @@ func newDockerContainerHandler(
 	}
 	handler.image = ctnr.Config.Image
 	handler.networkMode = ctnr.HostConfig.NetworkMode
-	handler.restartCount = ctnr.RestartCount
+	// Only adds restartcount label if it's greater than 0
+	if ctnr.RestartCount > 0 {
+		handler.labels["restartcount"] = strconv.Itoa(ctnr.RestartCount)
+	}
 
 	// Obtain the IP address for the contianer.
 	// If the NetworkMode starts with 'container:' then we need to use the IP address of the container specified.
@@ -356,10 +356,6 @@ func (self *dockerContainerHandler) GetSpec() (info.ContainerSpec, error) {
 	spec, err := common.GetSpec(self.cgroupPaths, self.machineInfoFactory, self.needNet(), hasFilesystem)
 
 	spec.Labels = self.labels
-	// Only adds restartcount label if it's greater than 0
-	if self.restartCount > 0 {
-		spec.Labels["restartcount"] = strconv.Itoa(self.restartCount)
-	}
 	spec.Envs = self.envs
 	spec.Image = self.image
 	spec.CreationTime = self.creationTime
diff --git a/fs/fs.go b/fs/fs.go
index 996f8577b4..8b95a249f0 100644
--- a/fs/fs.go
+++ b/fs/fs.go
@@ -533,6 +533,21 @@ func (self *RealFsInfo) GetDirFsDevice(dir string) (*DeviceInfo, error) {
 	}
 
 	mount, found := self.mounts[dir]
+	// try the parent dir if not found until we reach the root dir
+	// this is an issue on btrfs systems where the directory is not
+	// the subvolume
+	for !found {
+		pathdir, _ := filepath.Split(dir)
+		// break when we reach root
+		if pathdir == "/" {
+			break
+		}
+		// trim "/" from the new parent path otherwise the next possible
+		// filepath.Split in the loop will not split the string any further
+		dir = strings.TrimSuffix(pathdir, "/")
+		mount, found = self.mounts[dir]
+	}
+
 	if found && mount.Fstype == "btrfs" && mount.Major == 0 && strings.HasPrefix(mount.Source, "/dev/") {
 		major, minor, err := getBtrfsMajorMinorIds(mount)
 		if err != nil {
diff --git a/manager/watcher/raw/raw.go b/manager/watcher/raw/raw.go
index 137cd9b978..5a8b79d39e 100644
--- a/manager/watcher/raw/raw.go
+++ b/manager/watcher/raw/raw.go
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ func (self *rawContainerWatcher) Stop() error {
 // Watches the specified directory and all subdirectories. Returns whether the path was
 // already being watched and an error (if any).
 func (self *rawContainerWatcher) watchDirectory(events chan watcher.ContainerEvent, dir string, containerName string) (bool, error) {
+	// Don't watch .mount cgroups because they never have containers as sub-cgroups.  A single container
+	// can have many .mount cgroups associated with it which can quickly exhaust the inotify watches on a node.
+	if strings.HasSuffix(containerName, ".mount") {
+		return false, nil
+	}
 	alreadyWatching, err := self.watcher.AddWatch(containerName, dir)
 	if err != nil {
 		return alreadyWatching, err