diff --git a/deploy/grafana/dashboards/nginx.json b/deploy/grafana/dashboards/nginx.json
index 5369efb68..4587717fe 100644
--- a/deploy/grafana/dashboards/nginx.json
+++ b/deploy/grafana/dashboards/nginx.json
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@
       "steppedLine": false,
       "targets": [
         {
-          "expr": "sum (rate (nginx_ingress_controller_nginx_process_cpu_seconds_total{controller_pod=~\"$controller\",controller_class=~\"$controller_class\",controller_namespace=~\"$namespace\"}[2m])) ",
+          "expr": "avg (rate (nginx_ingress_controller_nginx_process_cpu_seconds_total{controller_pod=~\"$controller\",controller_class=~\"$controller_class\",controller_namespace=~\"$namespace\"}[2m])) ",
           "format": "time_series",
           "interval": "10s",
           "intervalFactor": 1,