diff --git a/changes/2604.fix.md b/changes/2604.fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d4ae4af4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/2604.fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Skip mounting zero-byte lxcfs files when lxcfs is activated to prevent crashes in session containers
diff --git a/src/ai/backend/agent/docker/agent.py b/src/ai/backend/agent/docker/agent.py
index 5228993fa6..0d4c64e7a9 100644
--- a/src/ai/backend/agent/docker/agent.py
+++ b/src/ai/backend/agent/docker/agent.py
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ async def get_intrinsic_mounts(self) -> Sequence[Mount]:
                     MountPermission.READ_WRITE,
                 )
                 for lxcfs_proc_path in (lxcfs_root / "proc").iterdir()
+                if lxcfs_proc_path.stat().st_size > 0
             )
             mounts.extend(
                 Mount(