diff --git a/proc_stat.go b/proc_stat.go
index d3a860e4a..8c7b6e80a 100644
--- a/proc_stat.go
+++ b/proc_stat.go
@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ func (p Proc) Stat() (ProcStat, error) {
 	}
 
 	var (
-		ignore int
+		ignoreInt64  int64
+		ignoreUint64 uint64
 
 		s = ProcStat{PID: p.PID, proc: p.fs}
 		l = bytes.Index(data, []byte("("))
@@ -160,25 +161,25 @@ func (p Proc) Stat() (ProcStat, error) {
 		&s.Priority,
 		&s.Nice,
 		&s.NumThreads,
-		&ignore,
+		&ignoreInt64,
 		&s.Starttime,
 		&s.VSize,
 		&s.RSS,
 		&s.RSSLimit,
-		&ignore,
-		&ignore,
-		&ignore,
-		&ignore,
-		&ignore,
-		&ignore,
-		&ignore,
-		&ignore,
-		&ignore,
-		&ignore,
-		&ignore,
-		&ignore,
-		&ignore,
-		&ignore,
+		&ignoreUint64,
+		&ignoreUint64,
+		&ignoreUint64,
+		&ignoreUint64,
+		&ignoreUint64,
+		&ignoreUint64,
+		&ignoreUint64,
+		&ignoreUint64,
+		&ignoreUint64,
+		&ignoreUint64,
+		&ignoreUint64,
+		&ignoreUint64,
+		&ignoreInt64,
+		&ignoreInt64,
 		&s.RTPriority,
 		&s.Policy,
 		&s.DelayAcctBlkIOTicks,
diff --git a/proc_stat_test.go b/proc_stat_test.go
index eafefb777..53491050e 100644
--- a/proc_stat_test.go
+++ b/proc_stat_test.go
@@ -76,6 +76,18 @@ func TestProcStat(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestProcStatIgnored(t *testing.T) {
+	p, err := getProcFixtures(t).Proc(26232)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	_, err = p.Stat()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("want not error, have %s", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestProcStatComm(t *testing.T) {
 	s1, err := testProcStat(26231)
 	if err != nil {