diff --git a/Macros.h b/Macros.h
index 1fdfb1ed..14249f3d 100644
--- a/Macros.h
+++ b/Macros.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
 #define IGNORE_WCASTQUAL_END
 #endif
 
-/* This subtraction is used by NetBSD / OpenBSD for calculation of CPU usage items. */
+/* This subtraction is used by Linux / NetBSD / OpenBSD for calculation of CPU usage items. */
 static inline unsigned long long saturatingSub(unsigned long long a, unsigned long long b) {
    return a > b ? a - b : 0;
 }
diff --git a/linux/LinuxProcessList.c b/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
index 356bb759..7452c199 100644
--- a/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
+++ b/linux/LinuxProcessList.c
@@ -1811,20 +1811,18 @@ static inline double LinuxProcessList_scanCPUTime(ProcessList* super) {
       // Since we do a subtraction (usertime - guest) and cputime64_to_clock_t()
       // used in /proc/stat rounds down numbers, it can lead to a case where the
       // integer overflow.
-      #define WRAP_SUBTRACT(a,b) (((a) > (b)) ? (a) - (b) : 0)
-      cpuData->userPeriod = WRAP_SUBTRACT(usertime, cpuData->userTime);
-      cpuData->nicePeriod = WRAP_SUBTRACT(nicetime, cpuData->niceTime);
-      cpuData->systemPeriod = WRAP_SUBTRACT(systemtime, cpuData->systemTime);
-      cpuData->systemAllPeriod = WRAP_SUBTRACT(systemalltime, cpuData->systemAllTime);
-      cpuData->idleAllPeriod = WRAP_SUBTRACT(idlealltime, cpuData->idleAllTime);
-      cpuData->idlePeriod = WRAP_SUBTRACT(idletime, cpuData->idleTime);
-      cpuData->ioWaitPeriod = WRAP_SUBTRACT(ioWait, cpuData->ioWaitTime);
-      cpuData->irqPeriod = WRAP_SUBTRACT(irq, cpuData->irqTime);
-      cpuData->softIrqPeriod = WRAP_SUBTRACT(softIrq, cpuData->softIrqTime);
-      cpuData->stealPeriod = WRAP_SUBTRACT(steal, cpuData->stealTime);
-      cpuData->guestPeriod = WRAP_SUBTRACT(virtalltime, cpuData->guestTime);
-      cpuData->totalPeriod = WRAP_SUBTRACT(totaltime, cpuData->totalTime);
-      #undef WRAP_SUBTRACT
+      cpuData->userPeriod = saturatingSub(usertime, cpuData->userTime);
+      cpuData->nicePeriod = saturatingSub(nicetime, cpuData->niceTime);
+      cpuData->systemPeriod = saturatingSub(systemtime, cpuData->systemTime);
+      cpuData->systemAllPeriod = saturatingSub(systemalltime, cpuData->systemAllTime);
+      cpuData->idleAllPeriod = saturatingSub(idlealltime, cpuData->idleAllTime);
+      cpuData->idlePeriod = saturatingSub(idletime, cpuData->idleTime);
+      cpuData->ioWaitPeriod = saturatingSub(ioWait, cpuData->ioWaitTime);
+      cpuData->irqPeriod = saturatingSub(irq, cpuData->irqTime);
+      cpuData->softIrqPeriod = saturatingSub(softIrq, cpuData->softIrqTime);
+      cpuData->stealPeriod = saturatingSub(steal, cpuData->stealTime);
+      cpuData->guestPeriod = saturatingSub(virtalltime, cpuData->guestTime);
+      cpuData->totalPeriod = saturatingSub(totaltime, cpuData->totalTime);
       cpuData->userTime = usertime;
       cpuData->niceTime = nicetime;
       cpuData->systemTime = systemtime;