diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5e2b87ab01..472a7471ad 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+* Fixed bug rendering hosts when clock speed cannot be parsed.
+
 ## Kolide Fleet 1.0.5 (Oct 17, 2017)
 
 * Renamed the binary from kolide to fleet
diff --git a/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.js b/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.js
index c8f80f05ec..a54db46834 100644
--- a/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.js
+++ b/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.js
@@ -4,14 +4,21 @@ export const parseEntityFunc = (host) => {
   const { network_interfaces: networkInterfaces } = host;
   const networkInterface = networkInterfaces && find(networkInterfaces, { id: host.primary_ip_id });
 
-  let clockSpeed = null;
-  let clockSpeedFlt = null;
   let hostCpuOutput = null;
-
-  if (host && host.cpu_brand) {
-    clockSpeed = host.cpu_brand.split('@ ')[1] || host.cpu_brand.split('@')[1];
-    clockSpeedFlt = parseFloat(clockSpeed.split('GHz')[0].trim());
-    hostCpuOutput = `${host.cpu_physical_cores} x ${Math.floor(clockSpeedFlt * 10) / 10} GHz`;
+  if (host) {
+    let clockSpeedOutput = null;
+    try {
+      const clockSpeed = host.cpu_brand.split('@ ')[1] || host.cpu_brand.split('@')[1];
+      const clockSpeedFlt = parseFloat(clockSpeed.split('GHz')[0].trim());
+      clockSpeedOutput = Math.floor(clockSpeedFlt * 10) / 10;
+    } catch (e) {
+      // Some CPU brand strings do not fit this format and we can't parse the
+      // clock speed. Leave it set to 'Unknown'.
+      console.log(`Unable to parse clock speed from cpu_brand: ${host.cpu_brand}`);
+    }
+    if (host.cpu_physical_cores || clockSpeedOutput) {
+      hostCpuOutput = `${host.cpu_physical_cores || 'Unknown'} x ${clockSpeedOutput || 'Unknown'} GHz`;
+    }
   }
 
   const additionalAttrs = {
diff --git a/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.tests.js b/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.tests.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2611bb9c9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/redux/nodes/entities/hosts/helpers.tests.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+import expect from 'expect';
+
+import { parseEntityFunc } from './helpers';
+
+describe('reduxConfig - hosts helpers', () => {
+  describe('parseEntityFunc', () => {
+    it('parses an expected CPU string', () => {
+      const host = {
+        cpu_brand: 'Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2420 0 @ 1.90GHz',
+        cpu_physical_cores: 2,
+      };
+      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).host_cpu).toEqual('2 x 1.9 GHz');
+    });
+
+    it('parses a host missing clock speed', () => {
+      const host = {
+        cpu_brand: 'Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-242',
+        cpu_physical_cores: 2,
+      };
+      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).host_cpu).toEqual('2 x Unknown GHz');
+    });
+
+    it('parses a host missing CPU brand', () => {
+      const host = {
+        cpu_physical_cores: 2,
+      };
+      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).host_cpu).toEqual('2 x Unknown GHz');
+    });
+
+    it('parses a host missing CPU cores', () => {
+      const host = {
+        cpu_brand: 'Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2420 0 @ 1.90GHz',
+      };
+      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).host_cpu).toEqual('Unknown x 1.9 GHz');
+    });
+
+    it('parses a host missing CPU info entirely', () => {
+      const host = {};
+      expect(parseEntityFunc(host).host_cpu).toEqual(undefined);
+    });
+  });
+});