diff --git a/pkg/resourceprovider/provider.go b/pkg/resourceprovider/provider.go
index 13d8c787..483377fa 100644
--- a/pkg/resourceprovider/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/resourceprovider/provider.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package resourceprovider
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"math"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -390,13 +391,17 @@ func (p *resourceProvider) runQuery(now pmodel.Time, queryInfo resourceQuery, re
 
 	// associate the results back to each given pod or node
 	res := make(queryResults, len(*rawRes.Vector))
-	for _, val := range *rawRes.Vector {
-		if val == nil {
-			// skip empty values
+	for _, sample := range *rawRes.Vector {
+		// skip empty samples
+		if sample == nil {
 			continue
 		}
-		resKey := string(val.Metric[resourceLbl])
-		res[resKey] = append(res[resKey], val)
+		// replace NaN and negative values by zero
+		if math.IsNaN(float64(sample.Value)) || sample.Value < 0 {
+			sample.Value = 0
+		}
+		resKey := string(sample.Metric[resourceLbl])
+		res[resKey] = append(res[resKey], sample)
 	}
 
 	return res, nil
diff --git a/pkg/resourceprovider/provider_test.go b/pkg/resourceprovider/provider_test.go
index cd005409..f3fe8d7b 100644
--- a/pkg/resourceprovider/provider_test.go
+++ b/pkg/resourceprovider/provider_test.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 package resourceprovider
 
 import (
+	"math"
 	"time"
 
 	corev1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
@@ -206,6 +207,47 @@ var _ = Describe("Resource Metrics Provider", func() {
 		Expect(times[0]).To(Equal(api.TimeInfo{Timestamp: pmodel.Time(10).Time(), Window: 1 * time.Minute}))
 	})
 
+	It("should return metrics of value zero when pod metrics have NaN or negative values", func() {
+		fakeProm.QueryResults = map[prom.Selector]prom.QueryResult{
+			mustBuild(cpuQueries.contQuery.Build("", podResource, "some-ns", []string{cpuQueries.containerLabel}, labels.Everything(), "pod1", "pod3")): buildQueryRes("container_cpu_usage_seconds_total",
+				buildPodSample("some-ns", "pod1", "cont1", -1100.0, 10),
+				buildPodSample("some-ns", "pod1", "cont2", math.NaN(), 20),
+				buildPodSample("some-ns", "pod3", "cont1", -1300.0, 10),
+				buildPodSample("some-ns", "pod3", "cont2", 1310.0, 20),
+			),
+			mustBuild(memQueries.contQuery.Build("", podResource, "some-ns", []string{cpuQueries.containerLabel}, labels.Everything(), "pod1", "pod3")): buildQueryRes("container_memory_working_set_bytes",
+				buildPodSample("some-ns", "pod1", "cont1", 3100.0, 11),
+				buildPodSample("some-ns", "pod1", "cont2", -3110.0, 21),
+				buildPodSample("some-ns", "pod3", "cont1", math.NaN(), 11),
+				buildPodSample("some-ns", "pod3", "cont2", -3310.0, 21),
+			),
+		}
+
+		By("querying for metrics for some pods")
+		times, metricVals, err := prov.GetPodMetrics(
+			types.NamespacedName{Namespace: "some-ns", Name: "pod1"},
+			types.NamespacedName{Namespace: "some-ns", Name: "pod3"},
+		)
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		By("verifying that the reported times for each are the earliest times for each pod")
+		Expect(times).To(Equal([]api.TimeInfo{
+			{Timestamp: pmodel.Time(10).Time(), Window: 1 * time.Minute},
+			{Timestamp: pmodel.Time(10).Time(), Window: 1 * time.Minute},
+		}))
+
+		By("verifying that NaN and negative values were replaced by zero")
+		Expect(metricVals).To(HaveLen(2))
+		Expect(metricVals[0]).To(ConsistOf(
+			metrics.ContainerMetrics{Name: "cont1", Usage: buildResList(0, 3100.0)},
+			metrics.ContainerMetrics{Name: "cont2", Usage: buildResList(0, 0)},
+		))
+		Expect(metricVals[1]).To(ConsistOf(
+			metrics.ContainerMetrics{Name: "cont1", Usage: buildResList(0, 0)},
+			metrics.ContainerMetrics{Name: "cont2", Usage: buildResList(1310.0, 0)},
+		))
+	})
+
 	It("should be able to list metrics for nodes", func() {
 		fakeProm.QueryResults = map[prom.Selector]prom.QueryResult{
 			mustBuild(cpuQueries.nodeQuery.Build("", nodeResource, "", nil, labels.Everything(), "node1", "node2")): buildQueryRes("container_cpu_usage_seconds_total",
@@ -265,4 +307,32 @@ var _ = Describe("Resource Metrics Provider", func() {
 			{},
 		}))
 	})
+
+	It("should return metrics of value zero when node metrics have NaN or negative values", func() {
+		fakeProm.QueryResults = map[prom.Selector]prom.QueryResult{
+			mustBuild(cpuQueries.nodeQuery.Build("", nodeResource, "", nil, labels.Everything(), "node1", "node2")): buildQueryRes("container_cpu_usage_seconds_total",
+				buildNodeSample("node1", -1100.0, 10),
+				buildNodeSample("node2", 1200.0, 14),
+			),
+			mustBuild(memQueries.nodeQuery.Build("", nodeResource, "", nil, labels.Everything(), "node1", "node2")): buildQueryRes("container_memory_working_set_bytes",
+				buildNodeSample("node1", 2100.0, 11),
+				buildNodeSample("node2", math.NaN(), 12),
+			),
+		}
+		By("querying for metrics for some nodes")
+		times, metricVals, err := prov.GetNodeMetrics("node1", "node2")
+		Expect(err).NotTo(HaveOccurred())
+
+		By("verifying that the reported times for each are the earliest times for each pod")
+		Expect(times).To(Equal([]api.TimeInfo{
+			{Timestamp: pmodel.Time(10).Time(), Window: 1 * time.Minute},
+			{Timestamp: pmodel.Time(12).Time(), Window: 1 * time.Minute},
+		}))
+
+		By("verifying that NaN and negative values were replaced by zero")
+		Expect(metricVals).To(Equal([]corev1.ResourceList{
+			buildResList(0, 2100.0),
+			buildResList(1200.0, 0),
+		}))
+	})
 })