diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ee782e24..656d6a701 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@
 - Changes to xSQLServerRole
   - Running Get-DscConfiguration no longer throws an error saying property
     Members is not an array ([issue #790](https://github.com/PowerShell/xSQLServer/issues/790)).
+- Changes to xSqlServerMaxDop
+  - Fixed error where Measure-Object cmdlet would fail claiming it could not
+  find the specified property ([issue #801](https://github.com/PowerShell/xSQLServer/issues/801))
 
 ## 8.1.0.0
 
diff --git a/DSCResources/MSFT_xSQLServerMaxDop/MSFT_xSQLServerMaxDop.psm1 b/DSCResources/MSFT_xSQLServerMaxDop/MSFT_xSQLServerMaxDop.psm1
index 0f8013359..206d8db23 100644
--- a/DSCResources/MSFT_xSQLServerMaxDop/MSFT_xSQLServerMaxDop.psm1
+++ b/DSCResources/MSFT_xSQLServerMaxDop/MSFT_xSQLServerMaxDop.psm1
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ function Test-TargetResource
     switch ($Ensure)
     {
         'Absent'
-        {
+        {            
             if ($getMaxDop -ne 0)
             {
                 New-VerboseMessage -Message "Current MaxDop is $getMaxDop should be updated to 0"
@@ -260,8 +260,21 @@ function Test-TargetResource
 function Get-SqlDscDynamicMaxDop
 {
     $cimInstanceProc = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_Processor
-    $numProcs = (Measure-Object -InputObject $cimInstanceProc -Property NumberOfLogicalProcessors -Sum).Sum
-    $numCores = (Measure-Object -InputObject $cimInstanceProc -Property NumberOfCores -Sum).Sum
+    
+    # init variables
+    $numProcs = 0
+    $numCores = 0
+    
+    # Loop through returned objects
+    foreach ($processor in $cimInstanceProc)
+    {
+        # increment number of processors
+        $numProcs += $processor.NumberOfLogicalProcessors
+        
+        # increment number of cores
+        $numCores += $processor.NumberOfCores
+    }
+
 
     if ($numProcs -eq 1)
     {