diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 96f760b1f2..3dc9533396 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -6673,4 +6673,7 @@
 	* arch/arm/src/sam34:  The port to the SAM4E is code complete (2014-2-16).
 	* include/cxx: Fix some bad idempotence defintions in header files
 	  (2014-2-27).
-
+	* sched/sched_cpuload.c:  Change calulation of the total count when the
+	  time constant related delay elapsed.  The total count is now always
+	  guaranteed to add up to 100% (excepting only truncation errors)
+	  (2014-2-27).
diff --git a/sched/sched_cpuload.c b/sched/sched_cpuload.c
index 802977f872..0f54957507 100644
--- a/sched/sched_cpuload.c
+++ b/sched/sched_cpuload.c
@@ -121,16 +121,21 @@ void weak_function sched_process_cpuload(void)
 
   if (++g_cpuload_total > (CONFIG_SCHED_CPULOAD_TIMECONSTANT * CLOCKS_PER_SEC))
     {
-      /* Divide the tick count for every task by two */
+      uint32_t total = 0;
+
+      /* Divide the tick count for every task by two and recalculate the
+       * total.
+       */
 
       for (i = 0; i < CONFIG_MAX_TASKS; i++)
         {
           g_pidhash[i].ticks >>= 1;
+          total += g_pidhash[i].ticks;
         }
 
-      /* Divide the total tick count by two */
+      /* Save the new total. */
 
-      g_cpuload_total  >>= 1;
+      g_cpuload_total = total;
     }
 }