diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a49f5e8f8..6896a7ad7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ be deprecated eventually.
 - [#2358](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/pull/2358): Create pidfile with 644 permissions & defer file deletion.
 - [#2282](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2282): Reloading telegraf freezes prometheus output.
 - [#2390](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2390): Empty tag value causes error on InfluxDB output.
+- [#2380](https://github.com/influxdata/telegraf/issues/2380): buffer_size field value is negative number from "internal" plugin.
 
 ## v1.2.1 [2017-02-01]
 
diff --git a/internal/models/running_output.go b/internal/models/running_output.go
index 0ce756f47..61f26add1 100644
--- a/internal/models/running_output.go
+++ b/internal/models/running_output.go
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ func (ro *RunningOutput) AddMetric(m telegraf.Metric) {
 // Write writes all cached points to this output.
 func (ro *RunningOutput) Write() error {
 	nFails, nMetrics := ro.failMetrics.Len(), ro.metrics.Len()
+	ro.BufferSize.Set(int64(nFails + nMetrics))
 	log.Printf("D! Output [%s] buffer fullness: %d / %d metrics. ",
 		ro.Name, nFails+nMetrics, ro.MetricBufferLimit)
-	ro.BufferSize.Incr(int64(nFails + nMetrics))
 	var err error
 	if !ro.failMetrics.IsEmpty() {
 		// how many batches of failed writes we need to write.
@@ -176,7 +176,6 @@ func (ro *RunningOutput) write(metrics []telegraf.Metric) error {
 		log.Printf("D! Output [%s] wrote batch of %d metrics in %s\n",
 			ro.Name, nMetrics, elapsed)
 		ro.MetricsWritten.Incr(int64(nMetrics))
-		ro.BufferSize.Incr(-int64(nMetrics))
 		ro.WriteTime.Incr(elapsed.Nanoseconds())
 	}
 	return err