diff --git a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/system_metrics/__init__.py b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/system_metrics/__init__.py
index b7ffb25431..1b9a36c4cb 100644
--- a/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/system_metrics/__init__.py
+++ b/instrumentation/opentelemetry-instrumentation-system-metrics/src/opentelemetry/instrumentation/system_metrics/__init__.py
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ def _get_runtime_cpu_utilization(
         """Observer callback for runtime CPU utilization"""
         proc_cpu_percent = self._proc.cpu_percent()
         yield Observation(
-            proc_cpu_percent,
+            proc_cpu_percent / 100,
             self._runtime_cpu_utilization_labels.copy(),
         )