--- UPower-0.9.1.orig/src/linux/up-device-supply.c	2010-02-10 19:09:31.000000000 +0200
+++ UPower-0.9.1/src/linux/up-device-supply.c	2011-02-02 14:38:54.000000000 +0200
@@ -569,6 +569,10 @@
 	if (energy_rate > 100*1000)
 		energy_rate = 0;
 
+	/* sanity check to less than energy_full_design */
+	if (state == UP_DEVICE_STATE_DISCHARGING && energy_rate > energy_full_design)
+		energy_rate = 0;
+
 	/* the hardware reporting failed -- try to calculate this */
 	if (energy_rate < 0)
 		up_device_supply_calculate_rate (supply);