diff --git a/lib/proc.pm b/lib/proc.pm
index 0f462c9..56a5448 100644
--- a/lib/proc.pm
+++ b/lib/proc.pm
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ sub proc_cgi {
 	$title = !$silent ? $title : "";
 
 	if($config->{os} eq "Linux") {
-		$ncpu = `grep -w processor /proc/cpuinfo | tail -1 | awk '{ print \$3 }'`;
+		$ncpu = `grep -e '^processor[[:space:]]*: [0-9]*' /proc/cpuinfo | tail -1 | awk '{ print \$3 }'`
 		chomp($ncpu);
 		$ncpu++;
 	} elsif($config->{os} eq "FreeBSD") {