diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index fd49d52e..20617e12 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -934,16 +934,17 @@ getcpu () {
     # Add CPU info bar
     prin "${subtitle}: ${cpu}"
 
-    cpu_usage="$(ps aux | awk 'BEGIN { sum = 0 }  { sum += $3 }; END { print sum }')"
-    cpu_usage="${cpu_usage/\.*}%"
+    if [ "$cpu_display" != "off" ]; then
+        cpu_usage="$(ps aux | awk 'BEGIN { sum = 0 }  { sum += $3 }; END { print sum }')"
+        cpu_usage="${cpu_usage/\.*}%"
 
-    case "$cpu_display" in
-        "info") prin "${subtitle} Usage: ${cpu_usage}" ;;
-        "bar") prin "${subtitle} Usage: $(bar "${cpu_usage/'%'}" $(( 100 * ${cores} )))" ;;
-        "infobar") prin "${subtitle} Usage: ${cpu_usage} $(bar "${cpu_usage/'%'}" $(( 100 * ${cores} )))" ;;
-        "barinfo") prin "${subtitle} Usage: $(bar "${cpu_usage/'%'}" $(( 100 * ${cores} ))) ${cpu_usage}" ;;
-        "off") ;;
-    esac
+        case "$cpu_display" in
+            "info") prin "${subtitle} Usage: ${cpu_usage}" ;;
+            "bar") prin "${subtitle} Usage: $(bar "${cpu_usage/'%'}" $(( 100 * ${cores} )))" ;;
+            "infobar") prin "${subtitle} Usage: ${cpu_usage} $(bar "${cpu_usage/'%'}" $(( 100 * ${cores} )))" ;;
+            "barinfo") prin "${subtitle} Usage: $(bar "${cpu_usage/'%'}" $(( 100 * ${cores} ))) ${cpu_usage}" ;;
+        esac
+    fi
     [ "$stdout_mode" != "on" ] && unset cpu
 }