diff --git a/plugins/docker/docker_ b/plugins/docker/docker_
index 03b55229e..debf737d1 100755
--- a/plugins/docker/docker_
+++ b/plugins/docker/docker_
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ def get_container_stats(container, q):
 def parallel_container_stats(client):
     proc_list = []
     stats = {}
-    for container in client.all_containers:
+    for container in filter(lambda c: c.status == 'running', client.containers):
         q = Queue()
         p = Process(target=get_container_stats, args=(container, q))
         proc_list.append({'proc': p, 'queue': q, 'container': container})