diff --git a/atom/common/api/atom_bindings.cc b/atom/common/api/atom_bindings.cc
index 675ec46a8c2a..f4a645315295 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/atom_bindings.cc
+++ b/atom/common/api/atom_bindings.cc
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "atom/common/native_mate_converters/string16_converter.h"
 #include "atom/common/node_includes.h"
 #include "base/logging.h"
-#include "base/process/process_metrics.h"
 #include "base/sys_info.h"
 #include "native_mate/dictionary.h"
 
@@ -37,6 +36,7 @@ void FatalErrorCallback(const char* location, const char* message) {
 AtomBindings::AtomBindings(uv_loop_t* loop) {
   uv_async_init(loop, &call_next_tick_async_, OnCallNextTick);
   call_next_tick_async_.data = this;
+  metrics_ = base::ProcessMetrics::CreateCurrentProcessMetrics();
 }
 
 AtomBindings::~AtomBindings() {
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ void AtomBindings::BindTo(v8::Isolate* isolate,
   dict.SetMethod("log", &Log);
   dict.SetMethod("getProcessMemoryInfo", &GetProcessMemoryInfo);
   dict.SetMethod("getSystemMemoryInfo", &GetSystemMemoryInfo);
-  dict.SetMethod("getCPUUsage", &GetCPUUsage);
+  dict.SetMethod("getCPUUsage",
+      base::Bind(&AtomBindings::GetCPUUsage, base::Unretained(this)));
   dict.SetMethod("getIOCounters", &GetIOCounters);
 #if defined(OS_POSIX)
   dict.SetMethod("setFdLimit", &base::SetFdLimit);
@@ -174,16 +175,12 @@ v8::Local<v8::Value> AtomBindings::GetSystemMemoryInfo(v8::Isolate* isolate,
   return dict.GetHandle();
 }
 
-// static
 v8::Local<v8::Value> AtomBindings::GetCPUUsage(v8::Isolate* isolate) {
-  std::unique_ptr<base::ProcessMetrics> metrics(
-      base::ProcessMetrics::CreateCurrentProcessMetrics());
-
   mate::Dictionary dict = mate::Dictionary::CreateEmpty(isolate);
   int processor_count = base::SysInfo::NumberOfProcessors();
   dict.Set("percentCPUUsage",
-           metrics->GetPlatformIndependentCPUUsage() / processor_count);
-  dict.Set("idleWakeupsPerSecond", metrics->GetIdleWakeupsPerSecond());
+           metrics_->GetPlatformIndependentCPUUsage() / processor_count);
+  dict.Set("idleWakeupsPerSecond", metrics_->GetIdleWakeupsPerSecond());
 
   return dict.GetHandle();
 }
diff --git a/atom/common/api/atom_bindings.h b/atom/common/api/atom_bindings.h
index 1deb50f7d0f2..a37497ccc5b7 100644
--- a/atom/common/api/atom_bindings.h
+++ b/atom/common/api/atom_bindings.h
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #include <list>
 
 #include "base/macros.h"
+#include "base/process/process_metrics.h"
 #include "base/strings/string16.h"
 #include "native_mate/arguments.h"
 #include "v8/include/v8.h"
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ class AtomBindings {
   static v8::Local<v8::Value> GetProcessMemoryInfo(v8::Isolate* isolate);
   static v8::Local<v8::Value> GetSystemMemoryInfo(v8::Isolate* isolate,
       mate::Arguments* args);
-  static v8::Local<v8::Value> GetCPUUsage(v8::Isolate* isolate);
+  v8::Local<v8::Value> GetCPUUsage(v8::Isolate* isolate);
   static v8::Local<v8::Value> GetIOCounters(v8::Isolate* isolate);
 
  private:
@@ -47,6 +48,7 @@ class AtomBindings {
 
   uv_async_t call_next_tick_async_;
   std::list<node::Environment*> pending_next_ticks_;
+  std::unique_ptr<base::ProcessMetrics> metrics_;
 
   DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AtomBindings);
 };