diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/ac-fix-rss.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/ac-fix-rss.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c874e4cd238e89aeb79e0e42b121ff452e74b059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/ac-fix-rss.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Fix RSS monitoring
+merge_request: 1257
+author:
+type: fixed
diff --git a/internal/supervisor/monitor.go b/internal/supervisor/monitor.go
index 4544e259a1ecdc4f968eb7900a3e9e6d5824d1bb..1be00963862f705fdc06e6b6dfe3410537feaa7f 100644
--- a/internal/supervisor/monitor.go
+++ b/internal/supervisor/monitor.go
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ package supervisor
 import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
 	log "github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
-	"gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitaly/internal/helper/text"
 )
 
 var (
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ func getRss(pid int) int {
 		return 0
 	}
 
-	rss, err := strconv.Atoi(text.ChompBytes(psRss))
+	rss, err := strconv.Atoi(strings.TrimSpace(string(psRss)))
 	if err != nil {
 		return 0
 	}
diff --git a/internal/supervisor/monitor_test.go b/internal/supervisor/monitor_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8b78aaf8a785f303573fe8958574a74eb8f96be7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/supervisor/monitor_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package supervisor
+
+import (
+	"os"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestGetRss(t *testing.T) {
+	rss := getRss(os.Getpid())
+	require.True(t, rss > 0, "Expected a positive RSS")
+}