diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/system/sys_metrics.h b/lib/include/srsran/system/sys_metrics.h
index 890e9c9d7..92cc33a4a 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/system/sys_metrics.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/system/sys_metrics.h
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 
 namespace srsran {
 
+constexpr uint32_t metrics_max_supported_cpu = 32;
+
 /// Metrics of cpu usage, memory consumption and number of thread used by the process.
 struct sys_metrics_t {
   uint32_t process_realmem_kB    = 0;
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ struct sys_metrics_t {
   float    process_cpu_usage     = 0.f;
   float    system_mem            = 0.f;
   uint32_t cpu_count             = 0;
-  float    cpu_load[128];
+  float    cpu_load[metrics_max_supported_cpu];
 };
 
 } // namespace srsran
diff --git a/lib/include/srsran/system/sys_metrics_processor.h b/lib/include/srsran/system/sys_metrics_processor.h
index 7da5c9af5..18a5890d8 100644
--- a/lib/include/srsran/system/sys_metrics_processor.h
+++ b/lib/include/srsran/system/sys_metrics_processor.h
@@ -76,9 +76,9 @@ private:
   cpu_metrics_t read_cpu_idle_from_line(const std::string& line) const;
 
 private:
-  proc_stats_info                                    last_query           = {};
-  cpu_metrics_t                                      last_cpu_thread[128] = {};
-  std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::steady_clock> last_query_time      = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+  proc_stats_info                                    last_query                                 = {};
+  cpu_metrics_t                                      last_cpu_thread[metrics_max_supported_cpu] = {};
+  std::chrono::time_point<std::chrono::steady_clock> last_query_time = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
 };
 
 } // namespace srsran
diff --git a/lib/src/system/sys_metrics_processor.cc b/lib/src/system/sys_metrics_processor.cc
index 4dbf3f39f..052daa9a4 100644
--- a/lib/src/system/sys_metrics_processor.cc
+++ b/lib/src/system/sys_metrics_processor.cc
@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ sys_metrics_processor::cpu_metrics_t sys_metrics_processor::read_cpu_idle_from_l
 
 void sys_metrics_processor::calculate_cpu_metrics(sys_metrics_t& metrics, float delta_time_in_seconds)
 {
+  // When the number of cpu is higher than system_metrics_t supports, skip the cpu metrics.
+  if (cpu_count > metrics_max_supported_cpu) {
+    return;
+  }
+
   metrics.cpu_count = cpu_count;
 
   std::ifstream file("/proc/stat");
diff --git a/srsenb/src/metrics_csv.cc b/srsenb/src/metrics_csv.cc
index 34ffd0ac7..779eb8d22 100644
--- a/srsenb/src/metrics_csv.cc
+++ b/srsenb/src/metrics_csv.cc
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ void metrics_csv::set_metrics(const enb_metrics_t& metrics, const uint32_t perio
       file << "time;nof_ue;dl_brate;ul_brate;"
               "proc_rmem;proc_rmem_kB;proc_vmem_kB;sys_mem;system_load;thread_count";
 
-      // Add the cores.
-      for (uint32_t i = 0, e = ::sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF); i != e; ++i) {
+      // Add the cpus
+      for (uint32_t i = 0, e = metrics.sys.cpu_count; i != e; ++i) {
         file << ";cpu_" << std::to_string(i);
       }
 
diff --git a/srsue/src/metrics_csv.cc b/srsue/src/metrics_csv.cc
index 666fd4981..7474355ab 100644
--- a/srsue/src/metrics_csv.cc
+++ b/srsue/src/metrics_csv.cc
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ void metrics_csv::set_metrics(const ue_metrics_t& metrics, const uint32_t period
               "proc_rmem;proc_rmem_kB;proc_vmem_kB;sys_mem;sys_load;thread_count";
 
       // Add the cores.
-      for (uint32_t i = 0, e = ::sysconf(_SC_NPROCESSORS_CONF); i != e; ++i) {
+      for (uint32_t i = 0, e = metrics.sys.cpu_count; i != e; ++i) {
         file << ";cpu_" << std::to_string(i);
       }