diff --git a/pkg/server/status/runtime.go b/pkg/server/status/runtime.go
index 872885280264..ea5e9694df09 100644
--- a/pkg/server/status/runtime.go
+++ b/pkg/server/status/runtime.go
@@ -457,8 +457,10 @@ func (rsr *RuntimeStatSampler) SampleEnvironment(
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Ops.Errorf(ctx, "unable to get cpu usage: %v", err)
 	}
-	cgroupCPU, _ := cgroups.GetCgroupCPU()
-	cpuShare := cgroupCPU.CPUShares()
+	cpuCapacity, err := getCPUCapacity()
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Ops.Errorf(ctx, "unable to get CPU capacity: %v", err)
+	}
 
 	fds := gosigar.ProcFDUsage{}
 	if err := fds.Get(pid); err != nil {
@@ -519,7 +521,7 @@ func (rsr *RuntimeStatSampler) SampleEnvironment(
 	stime := sysTimeMillis * 1e6
 	urate := float64(utime-rsr.last.utime) / dur
 	srate := float64(stime-rsr.last.stime) / dur
-	combinedNormalizedPerc := (srate + urate) / cpuShare
+	combinedNormalizedPerc := (srate + urate) / cpuCapacity
 	gcPauseRatio := float64(uint64(gc.PauseTotal)-rsr.last.gcPauseTime) / dur
 	runnableSum := goschedstats.CumulativeNormalizedRunnableGoroutines()
 	// The number of runnable goroutines per CPU is a count, but it can vary
@@ -712,3 +714,23 @@ func GetCPUTime(ctx context.Context) (userTimeMillis, sysTimeMillis int64, err e
 	}
 	return int64(cpuTime.User), int64(cpuTime.Sys), nil
 }
+
+// getCPUCapacity returns the number of logical CPU processors available for
+// use by the process. The capacity accounts for cgroup constraints, GOMAXPROCS
+// and the number of host processors.
+func getCPUCapacity() (float64, error) {
+	numProcs := float64(runtime.GOMAXPROCS(0 /* read only */))
+	cgroupCPU, err := cgroups.GetCgroupCPU()
+	if err != nil {
+		// Return the GOMAXPROCS value if unable to read the cgroup settings, in
+		// practice this is not likely to occur.
+		return numProcs, err
+	}
+	cpuShare := cgroupCPU.CPUShares()
+	// Take the minimum of the CPU shares and the GOMAXPROCS value. The most CPU
+	// the process could use is the lesser of the two.
+	if cpuShare > numProcs {
+		return numProcs, nil
+	}
+	return cpuShare, nil
+}