diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 624744f1..6f8f6984 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ byobu (5.128) unreleased; urgency=medium
       available
   * usr/lib/byobu/logo:
     - Add logo for OpenWrt
+  * usr/lib/byobu/processes:
+    - Handle stderr for ps, e.g. unsupported options
+    - Remove unnecessary awk call; wc -l only outputs one value
   * usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux:
     - Remove -k for new-window. In older versions of tmux, -k without
       -t <target-window> had no effect. In tmux 2.8, -k without -t will
diff --git a/usr/lib/byobu/processes b/usr/lib/byobu/processes
index 6e5ae29f..7049691e 100755
--- a/usr/lib/byobu/processes
+++ b/usr/lib/byobu/processes
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@
 #    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 __processes_detail() {
-	ps -ej
+	ps -ej 2>/dev/null
 }
 
 __processes() {
 	local count=
 	if [ -r /proc ]; then
-		count=$(ls -d /proc/[0-9]* 2>/dev/null| wc -l)
+		count=$(ls -d /proc/[0-9]* 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
 	else
-		count=$(ps -ef | wc -l | awk '{print $1}')
+		count=$(ps -ef | wc -l)
 	fi
 	[ -n "$count" ] || return
 	color b y w; printf "%s" "$count"; color -; color y w; printf "&"; color --