diff --git a/internal/monitoring/monitor.go b/internal/monitoring/monitor.go
index 2d3d64076..86f88185e 100644
--- a/internal/monitoring/monitor.go
+++ b/internal/monitoring/monitor.go
@@ -3071,6 +3071,15 @@ func (m *Monitor) ApplyHostReport(report agentshost.Report, tokenRecord *config.
 		memory.Usage = safePercentage(float64(memory.Used), float64(memory.Total))
 	}
 
+	smartSensors := convertAgentSMARTToModels(report.Sensors.SMART)
+	reportPlatform := strings.TrimSpace(strings.ToLower(report.Host.Platform))
+	if len(smartSensors) == 0 && hasPrevious && len(previous.Sensors.SMART) > 0 &&
+		(reportPlatform == "freebsd" || strings.EqualFold(previous.Platform, "freebsd")) {
+		// FreeBSD SMART collection can be intermittent; avoid wiping previously
+		// known disk temperatures on an otherwise healthy host report.
+		smartSensors = append([]models.HostDiskSMART(nil), previous.Sensors.SMART...)
+	}
+
 	disks := make([]models.Disk, 0, len(report.Disks))
 	for _, disk := range report.Disks {
 		// Filter virtual/system filesystems and read-only filesystems to avoid cluttering
@@ -3174,7 +3183,7 @@ func (m *Monitor) ApplyHostReport(report agentshost.Report, tokenRecord *config.
 			TemperatureCelsius: cloneStringFloatMap(report.Sensors.TemperatureCelsius),
 			FanRPM:             cloneStringFloatMap(report.Sensors.FanRPM),
 			Additional:         cloneStringFloatMap(report.Sensors.Additional),
-			SMART:              convertAgentSMARTToModels(report.Sensors.SMART),
+			SMART:              smartSensors,
 		},
 		RAID:            raid,
 		Ceph:            cephData,
diff --git a/internal/monitoring/monitor_host_agents_test.go b/internal/monitoring/monitor_host_agents_test.go
index c913a6c95..6501a30fc 100644
--- a/internal/monitoring/monitor_host_agents_test.go
+++ b/internal/monitoring/monitor_host_agents_test.go
@@ -179,6 +179,73 @@ func TestApplyHostReportPersistsAndRemoveHostAgentClearsRuntime(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestApplyHostReportPreservesFreeBSDSMARTWhenNextReportOmitsIt(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	monitor := &Monitor{
+		state:             models.NewState(),
+		alertManager:      alerts.NewManager(),
+		hostTokenBindings: make(map[string]string),
+		config:            &config.Config{},
+		rateTracker:       NewRateTracker(),
+	}
+	t.Cleanup(func() { monitor.alertManager.Stop() })
+
+	now := time.Now().UTC()
+	first := agentshost.Report{
+		Agent: agentshost.AgentInfo{
+			ID:              "agent-freebsd",
+			Version:         "1.0.0",
+			IntervalSeconds: 30,
+		},
+		Host: agentshost.HostInfo{
+			ID:       "machine-freebsd",
+			Hostname: "pfsense.local",
+			Platform: "freebsd",
+		},
+		Timestamp: now,
+		Metrics: agentshost.Metrics{
+			CPUUsagePercent: 5.5,
+		},
+		Sensors: agentshost.Sensors{
+			SMART: []agentshost.DiskSMART{
+				{
+					Device:      "ada0",
+					Model:       "Disk 0",
+					Temperature: 33,
+					Health:      "PASSED",
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	host, err := monitor.ApplyHostReport(first, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ApplyHostReport first: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(host.Sensors.SMART) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected initial SMART data, got %d entries", len(host.Sensors.SMART))
+	}
+
+	second := first
+	second.Timestamp = now.Add(30 * time.Second)
+	second.Sensors = agentshost.Sensors{}
+
+	host, err = monitor.ApplyHostReport(second, nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ApplyHostReport second: %v", err)
+	}
+	if len(host.Sensors.SMART) != 1 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected SMART data to be preserved, got %d entries", len(host.Sensors.SMART))
+	}
+	if host.Sensors.SMART[0].Device != "ada0" {
+		t.Fatalf("expected preserved SMART device ada0, got %q", host.Sensors.SMART[0].Device)
+	}
+	if host.Sensors.SMART[0].Temperature != 33 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected preserved SMART temperature 33, got %d", host.Sensors.SMART[0].Temperature)
+	}
+}
+
 func TestClearUnauthenticatedAgentsClearsPersistedHostRuntime(t *testing.T) {
 	dataDir := t.TempDir()
 	runtimeStore := config.NewHostRuntimeStore(dataDir, nil)