diff --git a/cookbooks/prometheus/recipes/smokeping.rb b/cookbooks/prometheus/recipes/smokeping.rb
index 27b0c6dd6..c626eb37c 100644
--- a/cookbooks/prometheus/recipes/smokeping.rb
+++ b/cookbooks/prometheus/recipes/smokeping.rb
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 
 prometheus_exporter "smokeping" do
   port 9374
+  environment "GOMAXPROCS" => "1"
   options "--config.file=/etc/prometheus/exporters/smokeping.yml"
   capability_bounding_set "CAP_NET_RAW"
   ambient_capabilities "CAP_NET_RAW"