diff --git a/libpod/stats_freebsd.go b/libpod/stats_freebsd.go
index 47933269c1..2f7dca63ed 100644
--- a/libpod/stats_freebsd.go
+++ b/libpod/stats_freebsd.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v5/pkg/rctl"
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 	"go.podman.io/storage/pkg/system"
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 // getPlatformContainerStats gets the platform-specific running stats
@@ -127,5 +128,9 @@ func calculateCPUPercent(currentCPU, previousCPU, now, previousSystem uint64) fl
 }
 
 func getOnlineCPUs(container *Container) (int, error) {
-	return 0, nil
+	if container.state.State != define.ContainerStateRunning {
+		return -1, fmt.Errorf("container %s is not running: %w", container.ID(), define.ErrCtrStopped)
+	}
+	n, err := unix.SysctlUint32("hw.ncpu")
+	return int(n), err
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stats_freebsd.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stats_freebsd.go
index 9ff8f788f6..637c285e11 100644
--- a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stats_freebsd.go
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/containers_stats_freebsd.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func statsContainerJSON(ctnr *libpod.Container, stats *define.ContainerStats, pr
 					TotalUsage: stats.CPUNano,
 				},
 				CPU:            stats.CPU,
-				OnlineCPUs:     0,
+				OnlineCPUs:     uint32(onlineCPUs),
 				ThrottlingData: container.ThrottlingData{},
 			},
 			PreCPUStats: preCPUStats,