diff --git a/calculator/cpu.go b/calculator/cpu.go
index d41e807..ccef312 100644
--- a/calculator/cpu.go
+++ b/calculator/cpu.go
@@ -29,28 +29,33 @@ func (c CPUCalculatorImpl) PerCpuUsage() common.MapStr {
 	if cap(c.New.PerCpuUsage) == cap(c.Old.PerCpuUsage) {
 		output = common.MapStr{}
 		for index := range c.New.PerCpuUsage {
-			output["cpu"+strconv.Itoa(index)] = c.calculateLoad(c.New.PerCpuUsage[index] - c.Old.PerCpuUsage[index])
+			output["cpu"+strconv.Itoa(index)] = c.calculateLoad(c.New.PerCpuUsage[index], c.Old.PerCpuUsage[index])
 		}
 	}
 	return output
 }
 
 func (c CPUCalculatorImpl) TotalUsage() float64 {
-	return c.calculateLoad(c.New.TotalUsage - c.Old.TotalUsage)
+	return c.calculateLoad(c.New.TotalUsage, c.Old.TotalUsage)
 }
 
 func (c CPUCalculatorImpl) UsageInKernelmode() float64 {
-	return c.calculateLoad(c.New.UsageInKernelmode - c.Old.UsageInKernelmode)
+	return c.calculateLoad(c.New.UsageInKernelmode, c.Old.UsageInKernelmode)
 }
 
 func (c CPUCalculatorImpl) UsageInUsermode() float64 {
-	return c.calculateLoad(c.New.UsageInUsermode - c.Old.UsageInUsermode)
+	return c.calculateLoad(c.New.UsageInUsermode, c.Old.UsageInUsermode)
 }
 
-func (c CPUCalculatorImpl) calculateLoad(value uint64) float64 {
+func (c CPUCalculatorImpl) calculateLoad(oldValue uint64, newValue uint64) float64 {
 	// value is the count of CPU nanosecond in 1sec
 	// TODO save the old stat timestamp and reuse here in case of docker read time changes...
 	// 1s = 1000000000 ns
 	// value / 1000000000
+
+	value := int64(oldValue - newValue)
+	if value < 0 {
+		value = 0
+	}
 	return float64(value) / float64(1000000000)
 }
diff --git a/calculator/cpu_test.go b/calculator/cpu_test.go
index 5a24f86..3ff1b48 100644
--- a/calculator/cpu_test.go
+++ b/calculator/cpu_test.go
@@ -25,6 +25,25 @@ func TestCPUperCpuUsage(t *testing.T) {
 	}, value)
 }
 
+func TestCPUperCpuUsageAvoidMassiveValues(t *testing.T) {
+	// GIVEN
+	var oldData = CPUData{[]uint64{1, 2, 3, 4}, 0, 0, 0}
+	var newData = CPUData{[]uint64{0, 1, 2, 3}, 0, 0, 0}
+	var calculator = CPUCalculatorImpl{oldData, newData}
+
+	// WHEN
+	value := calculator.PerCpuUsage()
+
+	// THEN
+	// value should be 0%, 0%, 0% and 0%
+	assert.Equal(t, common.MapStr{
+		"cpu0": float64(0.0),
+		"cpu1": float64(0.0),
+		"cpu2": float64(0.0),
+		"cpu3": float64(0.0),
+	}, value)
+}
+
 func TestCPUTotalUsage(t *testing.T) {
 	// GIVEN
 	var oldData = CPUData{nil, 50, 0, 0}
@@ -39,6 +58,20 @@ func TestCPUTotalUsage(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 0.50, value)
 }
 
+func TestCPUTotalUsageAvoidMassiveValues(t *testing.T) {
+	// GIVEN
+	var oldData = CPUData{nil, 55, 0, 0}
+	var newData = CPUData{nil, 5, 0, 0}
+	var calculator = CPUCalculatorImpl{oldData, newData}
+
+	// WHEN
+	value := calculator.TotalUsage()
+
+	// THEN
+	// value should be 0%
+	assert.Equal(t, 0.0, value)
+}
+
 func TestCPUUsageInKernelmode(t *testing.T) {
 	// GIVEN
 	var oldData = CPUData{nil, 0, 0, 0}
@@ -53,15 +86,43 @@ func TestCPUUsageInKernelmode(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, float64(0.80), value)
 }
 
+func TestCPUUsageInKernelmodeAvoidMassiveValues(t *testing.T) {
+	// GIVEN
+	var oldData = CPUData{nil, 0, 1, 0}
+	var newData = CPUData{nil, 0, 0, 0}
+	var calculator = CPUCalculatorImpl{oldData, newData}
+
+	// WHEN
+	value := calculator.UsageInKernelmode()
+
+	// THEN
+	// value should be 0%
+	assert.Equal(t, float64(0.0), value)
+}
+
 func TestCPUUsageInUsermode(t *testing.T) {
 	// GIVEN
-	var oldData = CPUData{nil, 0, 0, 800000000}
+	var oldData = CPUData{nil, 0, 0, 0}
 	var newData = CPUData{nil, 0, 0, 800000000}
 	var calculator = CPUCalculatorImpl{oldData, newData}
 
 	// WHEN
 	value := calculator.UsageInUsermode()
 
+	// THEN
+	// value should be 80%
+	assert.Equal(t, float64(0.8), value)
+}
+
+func TestCPUUsageInUsermodeAvoidMassiveValues(t *testing.T) {
+	// GIVEN
+	var oldData = CPUData{nil, 0, 0, 1}
+	var newData = CPUData{nil, 0, 0, 0}
+	var calculator = CPUCalculatorImpl{oldData, newData}
+
+	// WHEN
+	value := calculator.UsageInUsermode()
+
 	// THEN
 	// value should be 0%
 	assert.Equal(t, float64(0), value)