diff --git a/src/app/components/kbn.js b/src/app/components/kbn.js
index 14cca2f4e33..7d8efef2e43 100644
--- a/src/app/components/kbn.js
+++ b/src/app/components/kbn.js
@@ -479,5 +479,47 @@ function($, _, moment) {
     });
   };
 
+  kbn.byteFormat = function(size, decimals) {
+    var ext, steps = 0;
+    decimals = decimals || 2;
+
+    while (Math.abs(size) >= 1024) {
+      steps++;
+      size /= 1024;
+    }
+
+    switch (steps) {
+    case 0:
+      ext = " B";
+      break;
+    case 1:
+      ext = " KB";
+      break;
+    case 2:
+      ext = " MB";
+      break;
+    case 3:
+      ext = " GB";
+      break;
+    case 4:
+      ext = " TB";
+      break;
+    case 5:
+      ext = " PB";
+      break;
+    case 6:
+      ext = " EB";
+      break;
+    case 7:
+      ext = " ZB";
+      break;
+    case 8:
+      ext = " YB";
+      break;
+    }
+
+    return (size.toFixed(decimals) + ext);
+  };
+
   return kbn;
 });
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diff --git a/src/vendor/jquery/jquery.flot.byte.js b/src/vendor/jquery/jquery.flot.byte.js
index 063e0750327..aa4dc406dca 100644
--- a/src/vendor/jquery/jquery.flot.byte.js
+++ b/src/vendor/jquery/jquery.flot.byte.js
@@ -76,14 +76,14 @@
 
             switch (steps) {
               case 0: ext = " B";  break;
-              case 1: ext = " KiB"; break;
-              case 2: ext = " MiB"; break;
-              case 3: ext = " GiB"; break;
-              case 4: ext = " TiB"; break;
-              case 5: ext = " PiB"; break;
-              case 6: ext = " EiB"; break;
-              case 7: ext = " ZiB"; break;
-              case 8: ext = " YiB"; break;
+              case 1: ext = " KB"; break;
+              case 2: ext = " MB"; break;
+              case 3: ext = " GB"; break;
+              case 4: ext = " TB"; break;
+              case 5: ext = " PB"; break;
+              case 6: ext = " EB"; break;
+              case 7: ext = " ZB"; break;
+              case 8: ext = " YB"; break;
             }