diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/README.md b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/README.md
index feb332dd9..ab06342bf 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/README.md
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/README.md
@@ -33,9 +33,8 @@ KEY1 VAL1\n
 
 ### Tags:
 
-Measurements don't have any specific tags unless you define them at the telegraf level (defaults). We
-used to have the path listed as a tag, but to keep cardinality in check it's easier to move this 
-value to a field. Thanks @sebito91!
+All measurements have the following tags:
+  - path
 
 
 ### Configuration:
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_linux.go b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_linux.go
index ecaf8126d..e8ba6f881 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_linux.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_linux.go
@@ -56,9 +56,10 @@ func (g *CGroup) gatherDir(dir string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 			return err
 		}
 	}
-	fields["path"] = dir
 
-	acc.AddFields(metricName, fields, nil)
+	tags := map[string]string{"path": dir}
+
+	acc.AddFields(metricName, fields, tags)
 
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_test.go b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_test.go
index ff9b8d7a8..206b51f6d 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_test.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/cgroup/cgroup_test.go
@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@
 package cgroup
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/influxdata/telegraf/testutil"
-	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
-	"reflect"
 )
 
 var cg1 = &CGroup{
@@ -24,32 +21,15 @@ var cg1 = &CGroup{
 	},
 }
 
-func assertContainsFields(a *testutil.Accumulator, t *testing.T, measurement string, fieldSet []map[string]interface{}) {
-	a.Lock()
-	defer a.Unlock()
-
-	numEquals := 0
-	for _, p := range a.Metrics {
-		if p.Measurement == measurement {
-			for _, fields := range fieldSet {
-				if reflect.DeepEqual(fields, p.Fields) {
-					numEquals++
-				}
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	if numEquals != len(fieldSet) {
-		assert.Fail(t, fmt.Sprintf("only %d of %d are equal", numEquals, len(fieldSet)))
-	}
-}
-
 func TestCgroupStatistics_1(t *testing.T) {
 	var acc testutil.Accumulator
 
 	err := cg1.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"path": "testdata/memory",
+	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"memory.stat.cache":           1739362304123123123,
 		"memory.stat.rss":             1775325184,
@@ -62,9 +42,8 @@ func TestCgroupStatistics_1(t *testing.T) {
 		"memory.limit_in_bytes":       223372036854771712,
 		"memory.use_hierarchy":        "12-781",
 		"notify_on_release":           0,
-		"path":                        "testdata/memory",
 	}
-	assertContainsFields(&acc, t, "cgroup", []map[string]interface{}{fields})
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 }
 
 // ======================================================================
@@ -80,14 +59,16 @@ func TestCgroupStatistics_2(t *testing.T) {
 	err := cg2.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"path": "testdata/cpu",
+	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.0": -1452543795404,
 		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.1": 1376681271659,
 		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.2": 1450950799997,
 		"cpuacct.usage_percpu.3": -1473113374257,
-		"path": "testdata/cpu",
 	}
-	assertContainsFields(&acc, t, "cgroup", []map[string]interface{}{fields})
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 }
 
 // ======================================================================
@@ -103,16 +84,18 @@ func TestCgroupStatistics_3(t *testing.T) {
 	err := cg3.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"path": "testdata/memory/group_1",
+	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
-		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_1",
 	}
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 
-	fieldsTwo := map[string]interface{}{
-		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
-		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_2",
+	tags = map[string]string{
+		"path": "testdata/memory/group_2",
 	}
-	assertContainsFields(&acc, t, "cgroup", []map[string]interface{}{fields, fieldsTwo})
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 }
 
 // ======================================================================
@@ -128,22 +111,23 @@ func TestCgroupStatistics_4(t *testing.T) {
 	err := cg4.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"path": "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_1",
+	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
-		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_1",
 	}
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 
-	fieldsTwo := map[string]interface{}{
-		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
-		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_2",
+	tags = map[string]string{
+		"path": "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_2",
 	}
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 
-	fieldsThree := map[string]interface{}{
-		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
-		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_2",
+	tags = map[string]string{
+		"path": "testdata/memory/group_2",
 	}
-
-	assertContainsFields(&acc, t, "cgroup", []map[string]interface{}{fields, fieldsTwo, fieldsThree})
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 }
 
 // ======================================================================
@@ -159,16 +143,18 @@ func TestCgroupStatistics_5(t *testing.T) {
 	err := cg5.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"path": "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_1",
+	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
-		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_1/group_1_1",
 	}
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 
-	fieldsTwo := map[string]interface{}{
-		"memory.limit_in_bytes": 223372036854771712,
-		"path":                  "testdata/memory/group_2/group_1_1",
+	tags = map[string]string{
+		"path": "testdata/memory/group_2/group_1_1",
 	}
-	assertContainsFields(&acc, t, "cgroup", []map[string]interface{}{fields, fieldsTwo})
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 }
 
 // ======================================================================
@@ -184,11 +170,13 @@ func TestCgroupStatistics_6(t *testing.T) {
 	err := cg6.Gather(&acc)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
+	tags := map[string]string{
+		"path": "testdata/memory",
+	}
 	fields := map[string]interface{}{
 		"memory.usage_in_bytes":      3513667584,
 		"memory.use_hierarchy":       "12-781",
 		"memory.kmem.limit_in_bytes": 9223372036854771712,
-		"path": "testdata/memory",
 	}
-	assertContainsFields(&acc, t, "cgroup", []map[string]interface{}{fields})
+	acc.AssertContainsTaggedFields(t, "cgroup", fields, tags)
 }