diff --git a/pkg/fileutils/fileutils_linux.go b/pkg/fileutils/fileutils_linux.go
index 954ea48344..1988fef4d8 100644
--- a/pkg/fileutils/fileutils_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/fileutils/fileutils_linux.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package fileutils
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"io"
 	"os"
 
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
@@ -10,10 +11,24 @@ import (
 // GetTotalUsedFds Returns the number of used File Descriptors by
 // reading it via /proc filesystem.
 func GetTotalUsedFds() int {
-	if fds, err := os.ReadDir(fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/fd", os.Getpid())); err != nil {
-		logrus.Errorf("Error opening /proc/%d/fd: %s", os.Getpid(), err)
-	} else {
-		return len(fds)
+	name := fmt.Sprintf("/proc/%d/fd", os.Getpid())
+	f, err := os.Open(name)
+	if err != nil {
+		logrus.WithError(err).Error("Error listing file descriptors")
+		return -1
 	}
-	return -1
+	defer f.Close()
+
+	var fdCount int
+	for {
+		names, err := f.Readdirnames(100)
+		fdCount += len(names)
+		if err == io.EOF {
+			break
+		} else if err != nil {
+			logrus.WithError(err).Error("Error listing file descriptors")
+			return -1
+		}
+	}
+	return fdCount
 }