diff --git a/plugins/lxc/lxc-multigraph b/plugins/lxc/lxc-multigraph
index 817e32e0..a06c1c0e 100755
--- a/plugins/lxc/lxc-multigraph
+++ b/plugins/lxc/lxc-multigraph
@@ -141,34 +141,37 @@ function lxc_netdev {
 # Ubuntu 14.04 /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/lxc/<container>/tasks
 # and with cgmanager on jessie
 lxc_count_processes () {
+   local guest_name="$1"
    local SYSFS
 
-   [ -z "$1" ] && return 0
+   [ -z "$guest_name" ] && return 0
 
    if [ -n "$cgrouppath" ]; then
-      SYSFS="$cgrouppath/$1/tasks"
+      SYSFS="$cgrouppath/$guest_name/tasks"
       if [ -e $SYSFS ]; then
-         return $(wc -l < $SYSFS)
+         wc -l <"$SYSFS"
+         return
       fi
    fi
 
    for SYSFS in \
-      /sys/fs/cgroup/"$1"/tasks \
-      /sys/fs/cgroup/lxc/"$1"/tasks \
-      /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/lxc/"$1"/tasks \
-      /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct/lxc/"$1"/tasks \
-      /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct/sysdefault/lxc/"$1"/tasks
+      /sys/fs/cgroup/"$guest_name"/tasks \
+      /sys/fs/cgroup/lxc/"$guest_name"/tasks \
+      /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd/lxc/"$guest_name"/tasks \
+      /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct/lxc/"$guest_name"/tasks \
+      /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuacct/sysdefault/lxc/"$guest_name"/tasks
    do
       if [ -e $SYSFS ]; then
-         return $(wc -l < $SYSFS)
+         wc -l <"$SYSFS"
+         return
       fi
    done
 
    if [ -e /usr/bin/cgm ]; then
-      return $(cgm getvalue cpu "lxc/$1" tasks 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+      cgm getvalue cpu "lxc/$guest_name" tasks 2>/dev/null | wc -l
+   else
+      lxc_cgroup -n "$guest_name" tasks | wc -l
    fi
-    
-    return 0
 }
 
 
@@ -359,24 +362,23 @@ for n in $active_guests
 do
    device=$(lxc_netdev "$n")
    if [ "$device" = "unknown" ]; then
-      continue
+      value_up="U"
+      value_down="U"
+   else
+      value_up=$(egrep "^ *${device}:" /proc/net/dev | awk '{print $10;}')
+      value_down=$(egrep "^ *${device}:" /proc/net/dev | awk '{print $2;}')
    fi
 
    cat <<EOF
-$(clean_fieldname "net__${n}_up").value $(egrep "^ *${device}:" /proc/net/dev | awk '{print $10;}')
-$(clean_fieldname "net__${n}_down").value $(egrep "^ *${device}:" /proc/net/dev | awk '{print $2;}')
+$(clean_fieldname "net__${n}_up").value $value_up
+$(clean_fieldname "net__${n}_down").value $value_down
 EOF
 done
 
 echo "multigraph lxc_proc"
 for n in $active_guests
 do
-   lxc_count_processes "$n"
-   tmp=$?
-   if [ $tmp -eq 0 ]; then
-     tmp=$(lxc_cgroup -n "$n" tasks | wc -l)
-   fi
-   echo $(clean_fieldname "lxc_proc__${n}").value $tmp
+   echo "$(clean_fieldname "lxc_proc__${n}").value $(lxc_count_processes "$n")"
 done
 
 echo "multigraph lxc_ram"