diff --git a/lib/Core/Memstat.pm b/lib/Core/Memstat.pm
index 567cab06c8dd0ef54eb289c97c8b814624c8a18e..7bc58a9b4a5b369d901462c00d75acb47cf6ab35 100644
--- a/lib/Core/Memstat.pm
+++ b/lib/Core/Memstat.pm
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ sub handler {
         open(MEMINFO, '/proc/meminfo') || die "Unable to read proc: $!\n";
         while (<MEMINFO>) {
             /(\w+)\:\s+(\d+).*/;
+            next unless defined($1);
             $metrics{$1} = [$2, 'L'];
         }
         close(MEMINFO);