diff --git a/node/Metrics.cpp b/node/Metrics.cpp
index e0fbad9d8..2b7591587 100644
--- a/node/Metrics.cpp
+++ b/node/Metrics.cpp
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ namespace ZeroTier {
 
         // Packet Error Counts
         prometheus::simpleapi::counter_family_t packet_errors
-        { "zt_packet_incoming_error", "incoming packet errors"};
+        { "zt_packet_error", "incoming packet errors"};
 
         // Incoming Error Counts
         prometheus::simpleapi::counter_metric_t pkt_error_obj_not_found_in