diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/MultiProcCpu.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/MultiProcCpu.java
index a389ac7d..4a37430a 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/MultiProcCpu.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/MultiProcCpu.java
@@ -64,7 +64,13 @@ public class MultiProcCpu extends ProcCpu {
         cpu.nproc = pids.length;
 
         for (int i=0; i<pids.length; i++) {
-            ProcTime time = sigar.getProcTime(pids[i]);
+            ProcTime time;
+            try {
+                time = sigar.getProcTime(pids[i]);
+            } catch (SigarException e) {
+                //process may have gone away or EPERM
+                continue;
+            }
             cpu.total += time.total;
             cpu.user  += time.user;
             cpu.sys   += time.sys;
diff --git a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/MultiProcMem.java b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/MultiProcMem.java
index 1b68f12b..e1cdabfd 100644
--- a/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/MultiProcMem.java
+++ b/bindings/java/src/org/hyperic/sigar/MultiProcMem.java
@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ public class MultiProcMem extends ProcMem {
         long[] pids = ProcessFinder.find(sigar, query);
 
         for (int i=0; i<pids.length; i++) {
-            ProcMem pmem = sigar.getProcMem(pids[i]);
+            ProcMem pmem;
+            try {
+                pmem = sigar.getProcMem(pids[i]);
+            } catch (SigarException e) {
+                //process may have gone away or EPERM
+                continue;
+            }
             mem.size     += pmem.size;
             mem.resident += pmem.resident;
             if (pmem.share != Sigar.FIELD_NOTIMPL) {