diff --git a/plugins/sensors/freeipmi b/plugins/sensors/freeipmi
index 42e94729..e669c830 100755
--- a/plugins/sensors/freeipmi
+++ b/plugins/sensors/freeipmi
@@ -101,6 +101,9 @@ my @data = split(/\n/, $output);
 foreach my $line (@data) {
   my @dataline = split(/,/, $line);
 
+  # skip values that are not useful
+  next if $dataline[3] eq "N/A";
+
   my %sensor = (
 		graphid => "ipmi" . $dataline[0],
 		value => $dataline[3],