diff --git a/include_core/omrporterror.h b/include_core/omrporterror.h
index feeeee5ba06..c5e8fb0ad34 100644
--- a/include_core/omrporterror.h
+++ b/include_core/omrporterror.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #define OMRPORT_ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE (OMRPORT_ERROR_BASE-17)
 #define OMRPORT_ERROR_NOT_SUPPORTED_ON_THIS_PLATFORM (OMRPORT_ERROR_BASE-18)
 #define OMRPORT_ERROR_INVALID_ARGUMENTS (OMRPORT_ERROR_BASE-19)
+#define OMRPORT_ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_DATA (OMRPORT_ERROR_BASE-20)
 /** @} */
 
 /**
diff --git a/port/common/omrsysinfo.c b/port/common/omrsysinfo.c
index 02e1beda9c1..82c47d5a19c 100644
--- a/port/common/omrsysinfo.c
+++ b/port/common/omrsysinfo.c
@@ -652,7 +652,7 @@ omrsysinfo_get_CPU_utilization(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, struct J9Sysi
  *
  * @return
  * 	- 0 on success
- *		- \arg OMRPORT_ERROR_OPFAILED on the first two invocations of this API
+ *		- \arg OMRPORT_ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_DATA on the first two invocations of this API
  *		- \arg OMRPORT_ERROR_OPFAILED if less than 10ns have passed since the second call to this API
  *		- negative portable error code on other failures
  */
diff --git a/port/unix/omrsysinfo.c b/port/unix/omrsysinfo.c
index 2fa15bd651f..5b0832320a4 100644
--- a/port/unix/omrsysinfo.c
+++ b/port/unix/omrsysinfo.c
@@ -4642,7 +4642,7 @@ omrsysinfo_get_CPU_load(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, double *cpuLoad)
 	if (oldestCPUTime->timestamp == 0) {
 		*oldestCPUTime = currentCPUTime;
 		*latestCPUTime = currentCPUTime;
-		return OMRPORT_ERROR_OPFAILED;
+		return OMRPORT_ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_DATA;
 	}
 
 	/* Calculate using the most recent value in the history */
@@ -4674,7 +4674,7 @@ omrsysinfo_get_CPU_load(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, double *cpuLoad)
 	if (oldestCPUTime->timestamp == 0) {
 		*oldestCPUTime = currentCPUTime;
 		*latestCPUTime = currentCPUTime;
-		return OMRPORT_ERROR_OPFAILED;
+		return OMRPORT_ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_DATA;
 	}
 
 	/* Calculate using the most recent value in the history */
diff --git a/port/win32/omrsysinfo.c b/port/win32/omrsysinfo.c
index fd81f8730f9..baf108f15ed 100644
--- a/port/win32/omrsysinfo.c
+++ b/port/win32/omrsysinfo.c
@@ -1271,7 +1271,7 @@ omrsysinfo_get_CPU_load(struct OMRPortLibrary *portLibrary, double *cpuLoad)
 	if (oldestCPUTime->timestamp == 0) {
 		*oldestCPUTime = currentCPUTime;
 		*latestCPUTime = currentCPUTime;
-		return OMRPORT_ERROR_OPFAILED;
+		return OMRPORT_ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_DATA;
 	}
 
 	/* Calculate using the most recent value in the history */