diff --git a/Gopkg.lock b/Gopkg.lock
index bd42364882300..38dab7faca396 100644
--- a/Gopkg.lock
+++ b/Gopkg.lock
@@ -422,12 +422,12 @@
   revision = "25d852aebe32c875e9c044af3eef9c7dc6bc777f"
 
 [[projects]]
-  digest = "1:c6f371f2b02c751a83be83139a12a5467e55393feda16d4f8dfa95adfc4efede"
+  digest = "1:7a9dc29b3fbc9a6440d98fcff422a2ce1a613975697ea560e3610084234f91ec"
   name = "github.com/glinton/ping"
   packages = ["."]
   pruneopts = ""
-  revision = "1983bc2fd5de3ea00aa5457bbc8774300e889db9"
-  version = "v0.1.1"
+  revision = "d3c0ecf4df108179eccdff2176f4ff569c3aab37"
+  version = "v0.1.3"
 
 [[projects]]
   digest = "1:df89444601379b2e1ee82bf8e6b72af9901cbeed4b469fa380a519c89c339310"
diff --git a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
index 469859a345937..67bee6ce87d5f 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/ping/ping.go
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@ package ping
 import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
+	"log"
 	"math"
 	"net"
 	"os/exec"
 	"runtime"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -193,7 +195,11 @@ func (p *Ping) pingToURLNative(destination string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 
 	host, err := net.ResolveIPAddr(network, destination)
 	if err != nil {
-		acc.AddFields("ping", map[string]interface{}{"result_code": 1}, map[string]string{"url": destination})
+		acc.AddFields(
+			"ping",
+			map[string]interface{}{"result_code": 1},
+			map[string]string{"url": destination},
+		)
 		acc.AddError(err)
 		return
 	}
@@ -232,8 +238,29 @@ func (p *Ping) pingToURLNative(destination string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
 	c := ping.Client{}
 
-	var i int
-	for i = 0; i < p.Count; i++ {
+	var doErr error
+	var packetsSent int
+
+	type sentReq struct {
+		err  error
+		sent bool
+	}
+	sents := make(chan sentReq)
+
+	r.Add(1)
+	go func() {
+		for sent := range sents {
+			if sent.err != nil {
+				doErr = sent.err
+			}
+			if sent.sent {
+				packetsSent++
+			}
+		}
+		r.Done()
+	}()
+
+	for i := 0; i < p.Count; i++ {
 		select {
 		case <-ctx.Done():
 			goto finish
@@ -249,9 +276,12 @@ func (p *Ping) pingToURLNative(destination string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 					Src: net.ParseIP(p.listenAddr),
 					Seq: seq,
 				})
+
+				sent := sentReq{err: err, sent: true}
 				if err != nil {
-					acc.AddFields("ping", map[string]interface{}{"result_code": 2}, map[string]string{"url": destination})
-					acc.AddError(err)
+					if strings.Contains(err.Error(), "not permitted") {
+						sent.sent = false
+					}
 					return
 				}
 
@@ -263,13 +293,19 @@ func (p *Ping) pingToURLNative(destination string, acc telegraf.Accumulator) {
 finish:
 	wg.Wait()
 	close(resps)
+	close(sents)
 
 	r.Wait()
-	tags, fields := onFin(i, rsps, destination)
+
+	if doErr != nil && strings.Contains(doErr.Error(), "not permitted") {
+		log.Printf("D! [inputs.ping] %s", doErr.Error())
+	}
+
+	tags, fields := onFin(packetsSent, rsps, doErr, destination)
 	acc.AddFields("ping", fields, tags)
 }
 
-func onFin(packetsSent int, resps []*ping.Response, destination string) (map[string]string, map[string]interface{}) {
+func onFin(packetsSent int, resps []*ping.Response, err error, destination string) (map[string]string, map[string]interface{}) {
 	packetsRcvd := len(resps)
 
 	tags := map[string]string{"url": destination}
@@ -280,10 +316,16 @@ func onFin(packetsSent int, resps []*ping.Response, destination string) (map[str
 	}
 
 	if packetsSent == 0 {
+		if err != nil {
+			fields["result_code"] = 2
+		}
 		return tags, fields
 	}
 
 	if packetsRcvd == 0 {
+		if err != nil {
+			fields["result_code"] = 1
+		}
 		fields["percent_packet_loss"] = float64(100)
 		return tags, fields
 	}