diff --git a/src/rtlib/freebsd/sys_fmem.c b/src/rtlib/freebsd/sys_fmem.c
index 470bd76e91..04b9d9a353 100644
--- a/src/rtlib/freebsd/sys_fmem.c
+++ b/src/rtlib/freebsd/sys_fmem.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 FBCALL size_t fb_GetMemAvail( int mode )
 {
-	int mib[2] = { CTL_VM, VM_METER };
+	int mib[2] = { CTL_VM, VM_TOTAL };
 	struct vmtotal vmt;
 	size_t size = sizeof(struct vmtotal);