diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 4a095de3..71af7d4f 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -938,6 +938,9 @@ getwmtheme () {
 # CPU {{{
 
 getcpu () {
+    # NetBSD emulates the linux /proc filesystem instead of using sysctl for hw
+    # information so we have to use this block below which temporarily sets the
+    # OS to 'Linux' for the duration of this function.
     case "$distro" in
         "NetBSD"*) local os="Linux" ;;
     esac
@@ -1382,6 +1385,13 @@ getgpu () {
 # Memory {{{
 
 getmemory () {
+    # NetBSD emulates the linux /proc filesystem instead of using sysctl for hw
+    # information so we have to use this block below which temporarily sets the
+    # OS to 'Linux' for the duration of this function.
+    case "$distro" in
+        "NetBSD"*) local os="Linux" ;;
+    esac
+
     case "$os" in
         "Linux" | "Windows")
             if [ ! -z "$(grep -F "MemAvail" /proc/meminfo)" ]; then