diff --git a/vsphere-influxdb.go b/vsphere-influxdb.go
index 59ed89e..69df8ec 100644
--- a/vsphere-influxdb.go
+++ b/vsphere-influxdb.go
@@ -684,7 +684,7 @@ func average(n ...int64) int64 {
 	for _, i := range n {
 		if i >= 0 {
 			count++
-			total++
+			total += i
 		}
 	}
 	favg := float64(total) / float64(count)