diff --git a/collector/filesystem_linux.go b/collector/filesystem_linux.go
index 038ff7970b..5cb7aec617 100644
--- a/collector/filesystem_linux.go
+++ b/collector/filesystem_linux.go
@@ -144,14 +144,27 @@ func (c *filesystemCollector) processStat(labels filesystemLabels) filesystemSta
 	return filesystemStats{
 		labels:    labels,
 		size:      float64(buf.Blocks) * float64(buf.Bsize),
-		free:      float64(buf.Bfree) * float64(buf.Bsize),
-		avail:     float64(buf.Bavail) * float64(buf.Bsize),
+		free:      blocksToBytes(buf.Bfree, buf.Bsize),
+		avail:     blocksToBytes(buf.Bavail, buf.Bsize),
 		files:     float64(buf.Files),
 		filesFree: float64(buf.Ffree),
 		ro:        ro,
 	}
 }
 
+// blocksToBytes converts a block count reported by statfs(2) to bytes.
+// Some filesystems (e.g. ext3/ext4 when reserved blocks are exhausted) can
+// report a negative free/available block count that overflows the kernel's
+// unsigned f_bfree/f_bavail fields, wrapping to a value near 2^64. Treat any
+// block count whose sign bit is set as a wrapped negative value and report
+// zero instead of an enormous, misleading byte count.
+func blocksToBytes(blocks uint64, bsize int64) float64 {
+	if int64(blocks) < 0 {
+		return 0
+	}
+	return float64(blocks) * float64(bsize)
+}
+
 // stuckMountWatcher listens on the given success channel and if the channel closes
 // then the watcher does nothing. If instead the timeout is reached, the
 // mount point that is being watched is marked as stuck.
diff --git a/collector/filesystem_linux_test.go b/collector/filesystem_linux_test.go
index 9e8869016a..d44134fd8a 100644
--- a/collector/filesystem_linux_test.go
+++ b/collector/filesystem_linux_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package collector
 import (
 	"io"
 	"log/slog"
+	"math"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -288,6 +289,54 @@ func TestMountOptionsStringReadOnlyDetection(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestBlocksToBytes(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		blocks uint64
+		bsize  int64
+		want   float64
+	}{
+		{
+			name:   "normal value",
+			blocks: 1000,
+			bsize:  4096,
+			want:   1000 * 4096,
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "zero blocks",
+			blocks: 0,
+			bsize:  4096,
+			want:   0,
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "negative block count wrapped into uint64 clamps to zero",
+			blocks: math.MaxUint64, // two's complement of -1, as reported when reserved blocks exceed free blocks
+			bsize:  4096,
+			want:   0,
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "smallest block count with sign bit set clamps to zero",
+			blocks: 1 << 63,
+			bsize:  4096,
+			want:   0,
+		},
+		{
+			name:   "largest block count without sign bit set is not clamped",
+			blocks: 1<<63 - 1,
+			bsize:  4096,
+			want:   float64(1<<63-1) * 4096,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if got := blocksToBytes(tt.blocks, tt.bsize); got != tt.want {
+				t.Errorf("blocksToBytes(%d, %d) = %v, want %v", tt.blocks, tt.bsize, got, tt.want)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func TestPathRootfs(t *testing.T) {
 	if _, err := kingpin.CommandLine.Parse([]string{"--path.procfs", "./fixtures_bindmount/proc", "--path.rootfs", "/host"}); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)