diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/filters/maxinflight.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/filters/maxinflight.go
index 883a27dc355..8a1773df7e9 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/filters/maxinflight.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/filters/maxinflight.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"time"
 
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/metrics"
@@ -113,7 +112,11 @@ func WithMaxInFlightLimit(
 				if requestInfo.Namespace != "" {
 					scope = "namespace"
 				}
-				metrics.MonitorRequest(r, strings.ToUpper(requestInfo.Verb), requestInfo.Resource, requestInfo.Subresource, "", scope, errors.StatusTooManyRequests, 0, time.Now())
+				if requestInfo.IsResourceRequest {
+					metrics.MonitorRequest(r, strings.ToUpper(requestInfo.Verb), requestInfo.Resource, requestInfo.Subresource, "", scope, http.StatusTooManyRequests, 0, time.Now())
+				} else {
+					metrics.MonitorRequest(r, strings.ToUpper(requestInfo.Verb), "", requestInfo.Path, "", scope, http.StatusTooManyRequests, 0, time.Now())
+				}
 				tooManyRequests(r, w)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/filters/maxinflight_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/filters/maxinflight_test.go
index 79e185e818c..fc302b22b4f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/filters/maxinflight_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/server/filters/maxinflight_test.go
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
 
-	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/errors"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
 	"k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/authentication/user"
 	apifilters "k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/endpoints/filters"
@@ -148,7 +147,7 @@ func TestMaxInFlightNonMutating(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Do this multiple times to show that rate limit rejected requests don't block.
 	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
-		if err := expectHTTPGet(server.URL, errors.StatusTooManyRequests); err != nil {
+		if err := expectHTTPGet(server.URL, http.StatusTooManyRequests); err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
 		}
 	}
@@ -213,7 +212,7 @@ func TestMaxInFlightMutating(t *testing.T) {
 
 	// Do this multiple times to show that rate limit rejected requests don't block.
 	for i := 0; i < 2; i++ {
-		if err := expectHTTPPost(server.URL+"/foo/bar/", errors.StatusTooManyRequests); err != nil {
+		if err := expectHTTPPost(server.URL+"/foo/bar/", http.StatusTooManyRequests); err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
 		}
 	}