diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 1b76ac90beae8bf091a01a38593c3a9bed1e379d..1d82ac9e9524f08cba992972da2e950f6ca014f7 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ Bugs corrected:
     * Glances --export-influxdb starts Webserver (issue #1038)
     * Cut mount point name if it is too long (issue #1045)
     * TypeError: string indices must be integers in per cpu (issue #1027)
+    * Glances crash on RPi 1 running ArchLinuxARM (issue #1046)
 
 Version 2.8.2
 =============
diff --git a/glances/plugins/glances_irq.py b/glances/plugins/glances_irq.py
index f4c7f9f9a98d791122f008dc557c6b7e70f9b5e9..606c7a1a5e7099dd19b88d7b2360bb231cd18dfb 100644
--- a/glances/plugins/glances_irq.py
+++ b/glances/plugins/glances_irq.py
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ class Plugin(GlancesPlugin):
         if not LINUX or not self.stats or not self.args.enable_irq:
             return ret
 
-
         if max_width is not None and max_width >= 23:
             irq_max_width = max_width - 14
         else:
@@ -179,12 +178,11 @@ class GlancesIRQ(object):
         FIQ:   usb_fiq
         """
         splitted_line = line.split()
-        # Correct issue #1007 on some conf (Raspberry Pi with Raspbian)
-        if len(splitted_line) < self.cpu_number + 1:
-            ret = 0
-        else:
-            # sum interrupts on all CPUs
+        try:
             ret = sum(map(int, splitted_line[1:(self.cpu_number + 1)]))
+        except ValueError:
+            # Correct issue #1007 on some conf (Raspberry Pi with Raspbian)
+            ret = 0
         return ret
 
     def __update(self):