diff --git a/load/load_linux.go b/load/load_linux.go
index 06bceeb84..daf2614c2 100644
--- a/load/load_linux.go
+++ b/load/load_linux.go
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func MiscWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*MiscStat, error) {
 
 	}
 
-	procsTotal, err := getProcsTotal(ctx)
+	procsTotal, err := common.NumProcsWithContext(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return ret, err
 	}
@@ -116,14 +116,6 @@ func MiscWithContext(ctx context.Context) (*MiscStat, error) {
 	return ret, nil
 }
 
-func getProcsTotal(ctx context.Context) (int64, error) {
-	values, err := readLoadAvgFromFile(ctx)
-	if err != nil {
-		return 0, err
-	}
-	return strconv.ParseInt(strings.Split(values[3], "/")[1], 10, 64)
-}
-
 func readLoadAvgFromFile(ctx context.Context) ([]string, error) {
 	loadavgFilename := common.HostProcWithContext(ctx, "loadavg")
 	line, err := os.ReadFile(loadavgFilename)