diff --git a/nifi-commons/nifi-metrics/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/metrics/jvm/JmxJvmMetrics.java b/nifi-commons/nifi-metrics/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/metrics/jvm/JmxJvmMetrics.java
index 55969fc137..ed2c3269f1 100644
--- a/nifi-commons/nifi-metrics/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/metrics/jvm/JmxJvmMetrics.java
+++ b/nifi-commons/nifi-metrics/src/main/java/org/apache/nifi/metrics/jvm/JmxJvmMetrics.java
@@ -139,12 +139,14 @@ public class JmxJvmMetrics implements JvmMetrics {
 
     @Override
     public double heapUsage() {
-        return (Double) getMetric(MEMORY_HEAP_USAGE);
+        double usage = (Double) getMetric(MEMORY_HEAP_USAGE);
+        return usage < 0 ? -1.0 : usage;
     }
 
     @Override
     public double nonHeapUsage() {
-        return (Double) getMetric(MEMORY_NON_HEAP_USAGE);
+        double usage = (Double) getMetric(MEMORY_NON_HEAP_USAGE);
+        return usage < 0 ? -1.0 : usage;
     }
 
     @Override