diff --git a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/UserVmResponse.java b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/UserVmResponse.java
index 44eaba7f313f..ea5300e78752 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/UserVmResponse.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/response/UserVmResponse.java
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ public class UserVmResponse extends BaseResponseWithTagInformation implements Co
     private Long memoryKBs;
 
     @SerializedName("memoryintfreekbs")
-    @Param(description = "the internal memory thats free in vm")
+    @Param(description = "the internal memory that's free in vm or zero if it can not be calculated")
     private Long memoryIntFreeKBs;
 
     @SerializedName("memorytargetkbs")
diff --git a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/dao/UserVmJoinDaoImpl.java b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/dao/UserVmJoinDaoImpl.java
index 8e489f89eca0..1589f0151fe7 100644
--- a/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/dao/UserVmJoinDaoImpl.java
+++ b/server/src/main/java/com/cloud/api/query/dao/UserVmJoinDaoImpl.java
@@ -222,8 +222,11 @@ public UserVmResponse newUserVmResponse(ResponseView view, String objectName, Us
                 userVmResponse.setDiskKbsWrite((long)vmStats.getDiskWriteKBs());
                 userVmResponse.setDiskIORead((long)vmStats.getDiskReadIOs());
                 userVmResponse.setDiskIOWrite((long)vmStats.getDiskWriteIOs());
-                userVmResponse.setMemoryKBs((long)vmStats.getMemoryKBs());
-                userVmResponse.setMemoryIntFreeKBs((long)vmStats.getIntFreeMemoryKBs());
+                long totalMemory = (long)vmStats.getMemoryKBs();
+                long freeMemory = (long)vmStats.getIntFreeMemoryKBs();
+                long correctedFreeMemory = freeMemory >= totalMemory ? 0 : freeMemory;
+                userVmResponse.setMemoryKBs(totalMemory);
+                userVmResponse.setMemoryIntFreeKBs(correctedFreeMemory);
                 userVmResponse.setMemoryTargetKBs((long)vmStats.getTargetMemoryKBs());
 
             }