diff --git a/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/QuantityFormatter.java b/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/QuantityFormatter.java
index 0f15eacad2..92f36ee089 100644
--- a/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/QuantityFormatter.java
+++ b/kubernetes/src/main/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/QuantityFormatter.java
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ private Pair<BigInteger, Integer> ensureExponentIsMultipleOf3(final BigInteger m
   private Pair<BigInteger, Integer> removeFactorsForBase(final BigInteger value, final BigInteger base) {
     int times = 0;
     BigInteger result = value;
-    while (result.compareTo(base) >= 0 && result.mod(base).equals(BigInteger.ZERO)) {
+    while (result.abs().compareTo(base) >= 0 && result.mod(base).equals(BigInteger.ZERO)) {
       times++;
       result = result.divide(base);
     }
diff --git a/kubernetes/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/QuantityFormatterTest.java b/kubernetes/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/QuantityFormatterTest.java
index 324dd225c9..3ce500c60f 100644
--- a/kubernetes/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/QuantityFormatterTest.java
+++ b/kubernetes/src/test/java/io/kubernetes/client/custom/QuantityFormatterTest.java
@@ -155,6 +155,22 @@ void formatFractionalBinarySi() {
     assertThat(formattedString).isEqualTo("123123m");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  void formatNegativeDecimalSi() {
+    final String formattedString =
+        new QuantityFormatter()
+            .format(new Quantity(new BigDecimal("-100000"), Quantity.Format.DECIMAL_SI));
+    assertThat(formattedString).isEqualTo("-100k");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  void formatNegativeBinarySi() {
+    final String formattedString =
+        new QuantityFormatter()
+            .format(new Quantity(new BigDecimal(2).pow(20).negate(), Quantity.Format.BINARY_SI));
+    assertThat(formattedString).isEqualTo("-1Mi");
+  }
+
   @Test
   void formatDecimalExponent() {
     final String formattedString =