diff --git a/src/ProcessMonitor.cxx b/src/ProcessMonitor.cxx
index 99f7d6bc..8f01ad60 100644
--- a/src/ProcessMonitor.cxx
+++ b/src/ProcessMonitor.cxx
@@ -36,11 +36,8 @@ namespace o2
 namespace monitoring
 {
 
-#ifdef O2_MONITORING_OS_CC7
+static constexpr auto SMAPS_ROLLUP_FILE = "/proc/self/smaps_rollup";
 static constexpr auto SMAPS_FILE = "/proc/self/smaps";
-#else
-static constexpr auto SMAPS_FILE = "/proc/self/smaps_rollup";
-#endif
 
 #ifdef O2_MONITORING_OS_LINUX
 namespace
@@ -148,7 +145,9 @@ std::vector<Metric> ProcessMonitor::getMemoryUsage()
 
 std::vector<Metric> ProcessMonitor::getSmaps()
 {
-  std::ifstream statusStream(SMAPS_FILE);
+  static const char* const smapsFile =
+    (::access(SMAPS_ROLLUP_FILE, R_OK) == 0) ? SMAPS_ROLLUP_FILE : SMAPS_FILE;
+  std::ifstream statusStream(smapsFile);
   double pssTotal = 0;
   double cleanTotal = 0;
   double dirtyTotal = 0;