diff --git a/bin/sostat b/bin/sostat
index faa94fa..b03faea 100755
--- a/bin/sostat
+++ b/bin/sostat
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ if [ -d /nsm/sensor_data ] && [ $NUM_INTERFACES -gt 0 ]; then
                 cat $TMP | \
 		sed 's/[a-z]*=//g' | \
 		awk '{ drop += $4 ; link += $5 } \
-		END { if ( drop >=1 && link >=1 ) printf("%f\n", ((drop/NR) / (link/NR)) * 100); else print("No packets seen. Please check SPAN port and/or cabling."); }'
+		END { if ( link >=1 ) printf("%f\n", ((drop/NR) / (link/NR)) * 100); else print("No packets seen."); }'
                 echo
                 cat $TMP
                 echo
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6092237..95a56b3 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+securityonion-sostat (20120722-0ubuntu0securityonion123) xenial; urgency=medium
+
+  * securityonion-sostat: awk division error when Bro doesn't report stats correctly Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion#817 
+
+ -- Doug Burks <doug.burks@gmail.com>  Wed, 20 Mar 2019 09:03:12 -0400
+
 securityonion-sostat (20120722-0ubuntu0securityonion122) xenial; urgency=medium
 
   * securityonion-sostat: implement better error handling for zero packet count Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion#1464 
diff --git a/debian/patches/securityonion-sostat:-awk-division-error-when-Bro-doesn't-report-stats-correctly-Security-Onion-Solutionssecurity-onion#817 b/debian/patches/securityonion-sostat:-awk-division-error-when-Bro-doesn't-report-stats-correctly-Security-Onion-Solutionssecurity-onion#817
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..832ce01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/patches/securityonion-sostat:-awk-division-error-when-Bro-doesn't-report-stats-correctly-Security-Onion-Solutionssecurity-onion#817
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Description: <short summary of the patch>
+ TODO: Put a short summary on the line above and replace this paragraph
+ with a longer explanation of this change. Complete the meta-information
+ with other relevant fields (see below for details). To make it easier, the
+ information below has been extracted from the changelog. Adjust it or drop
+ it.
+ .
+ securityonion-sostat (20120722-0ubuntu0securityonion123) xenial; urgency=medium
+ .
+   * securityonion-sostat: awk division error when Bro doesn't report stats correctly Security-Onion-Solutions/security-onion#817
+Author: Doug Burks <doug.burks@gmail.com>
+
+---
+The information above should follow the Patch Tagging Guidelines, please
+checkout http://dep.debian.net/deps/dep3/ to learn about the format. Here
+are templates for supplementary fields that you might want to add:
+
+Origin: <vendor|upstream|other>, <url of original patch>
+Bug: <url in upstream bugtracker>
+Bug-Debian: https://bugs.debian.org/<bugnumber>
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://launchpad.net/bugs/<bugnumber>
+Forwarded: <no|not-needed|url proving that it has been forwarded>
+Reviewed-By: <name and email of someone who approved the patch>
+Last-Update: <YYYY-MM-DD>
+
+--- securityonion-sostat-20120722.orig/bin/sostat
++++ securityonion-sostat-20120722/bin/sostat
+@@ -232,9 +232,10 @@ if [ -d /nsm/sensor_data ] && [ $NUM_INT
+                 echo "${underline}Bro${normal}:"
+                 echo
+ 		echo -n "Average packet loss as percent across all Bro workers: "
+-                cat $TMP | sed \
+-                's/[a-z]*=//g' | awk '{ drop += $4 ; link += $5 } \
+-                END { printf("%f\n", ((drop/NR) / (link/NR)) * 100) }'
++                cat $TMP | \
++		sed 's/[a-z]*=//g' | \
++		awk '{ drop += $4 ; link += $5 } \
++		END { if ( link >=1 ) printf("%f\n", ((drop/NR) / (link/NR)) * 100); else print("No packets seen."); }'
+                 echo
+                 cat $TMP
+                 echo
diff --git a/debian/patches/series b/debian/patches/series
index 5b5f6e8..fd6507e 100644
--- a/debian/patches/series
+++ b/debian/patches/series
@@ -117,3 +117,4 @@ soup:-check-for-lock-Security-Onion-Solutionssecurity-onion#1428
 soup:-node-checking-master-for-updates-fails-if-master-has-1-update-Security-Onion-Solutionssecurity-onion#1434
 securityonion-sostat:-change-wiki-links-to-docs-Security-Onion-Solutionssecurity-onion#1454
 securityonion-sostat:-implement-better-error-handling-for-zero-packet-count-Security-Onion-Solutionssecurity-onion#1464
+securityonion-sostat:-awk-division-error-when-Bro-doesn't-report-stats-correctly-Security-Onion-Solutionssecurity-onion#817