diff --git a/src/nvim/os/mem.c b/src/nvim/os/mem.c
index 5e483c0c3d..871ece7a0e 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/mem.c
+++ b/src/nvim/os/mem.c
@@ -8,5 +8,5 @@
 uint64_t os_get_total_mem_kib(void)
 {
   // Convert bytes to KiB.
-  return uv_get_total_memory() >> 10;
+  return uv_get_total_memory() / 1024;
 }