diff --git a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
index 37ad0fbf2916..17c292a412c7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.asciidoc
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v6.0.0-alpha1...master[Check the HEAD d
 *Metricbeat*
 
 - Fix issue affecting Windows services timing out at startup. {pull}4491[4491]
+- Fix incorrect docker.diskio.total metric calculation. {pull}4507[4507]
 
 *Packetbeat*
 
diff --git a/metricbeat/module/docker/diskio/helper.go b/metricbeat/module/docker/diskio/helper.go
index ff1831e2d7ca..11cf75feae01 100644
--- a/metricbeat/module/docker/diskio/helper.go
+++ b/metricbeat/module/docker/diskio/helper.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func (io *BLkioService) getBlkioStats(myRawStat *docker.Stat) BlkioStats {
 	if exist {
 		myBlkioStats.reads = io.getReadPs(&oldBlkioStats, &newBlkioStats)
 		myBlkioStats.writes = io.getWritePs(&oldBlkioStats, &newBlkioStats)
-		myBlkioStats.totals = io.getReadPs(&oldBlkioStats, &newBlkioStats)
+		myBlkioStats.totals = io.getTotalPs(&oldBlkioStats, &newBlkioStats)
 	} else {
 		io.BlkioSTatsPerContainer = make(map[string]BlkioRaw)
 	}