diff --git a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go
index eabf66cdeda..d77a561c870 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/healthcheck_test.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-	"k8s.io/api/core/v1"
+	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/component-base/metrics/testutil"
 
@@ -604,22 +604,23 @@ func testHTTPHandler(hsTest *serverTest, status int, t *testing.T) {
 		hsTest.tracking503++
 	}
 	if hsTest.url == healthzURL {
-		testMetricEquals(metrics.ProxyHealthz200Total, float64(hsTest.tracking200), t)
-		testMetricEquals(metrics.ProxyHealthz503Total, float64(hsTest.tracking503), t)
+		testMetricEquals(metrics.ProxyHealthzTotal.WithLabelValues("200"), float64(hsTest.tracking200), t)
+		testMetricEquals(metrics.ProxyHealthzTotal.WithLabelValues("503"), float64(hsTest.tracking503), t)
 	}
 	if hsTest.url == livezURL {
-		testMetricEquals(metrics.ProxyLivez200Total, float64(hsTest.tracking200), t)
-		testMetricEquals(metrics.ProxyLivez503Total, float64(hsTest.tracking503), t)
+		testMetricEquals(metrics.ProxyLivezTotal.WithLabelValues("200"), float64(hsTest.tracking200), t)
+		testMetricEquals(metrics.ProxyLivezTotal.WithLabelValues("503"), float64(hsTest.tracking503), t)
 	}
 }
 
-func testMetricEquals(metric *basemetrics.Counter, expected float64, t *testing.T) {
+func testMetricEquals(metric basemetrics.CounterMetric, expected float64, t *testing.T) {
+	t.Helper()
 	val, err := testutil.GetCounterMetricValue(metric)
 	if err != nil {
-		t.Errorf("unable to retrieve value for metric: %s, err: %v", metric.Name, err)
+		t.Errorf("unable to retrieve value for metric, err: %v", err)
 	}
 	if val != expected {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected metric: %s, expected: %v, found: %v", metric.Name, expected, val)
+		t.Errorf("expected: %v, found: %v", expected, val)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/proxier_health.go b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/proxier_health.go
index 93d1a2a13a1..2ffdcc2b9d2 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/proxier_health.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/healthcheck/proxier_health.go
@@ -193,10 +193,10 @@ func (h healthzHandler) ServeHTTP(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	resp.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	resp.Header().Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
 	if !healthy {
-		metrics.ProxyHealthz503Total.Inc()
+		metrics.ProxyHealthzTotal.WithLabelValues("503").Inc()
 		resp.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 	} else {
-		metrics.ProxyHealthz200Total.Inc()
+		metrics.ProxyHealthzTotal.WithLabelValues("200").Inc()
 		resp.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 		// In older releases, the returned "lastUpdated" time indicated the last
 		// time the proxier sync loop ran, even if nothing had changed. To
@@ -217,10 +217,10 @@ func (h livezHandler) ServeHTTP(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	resp.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
 	resp.Header().Set("X-Content-Type-Options", "nosniff")
 	if !healthy {
-		metrics.ProxyLivez503Total.Inc()
+		metrics.ProxyLivezTotal.WithLabelValues("503").Inc()
 		resp.WriteHeader(http.StatusServiceUnavailable)
 	} else {
-		metrics.ProxyLivez200Total.Inc()
+		metrics.ProxyLivezTotal.WithLabelValues("200").Inc()
 		resp.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 		// In older releases, the returned "lastUpdated" time indicated the last
 		// time the proxier sync loop ran, even if nothing had changed. To
diff --git a/pkg/proxy/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/proxy/metrics/metrics.go
index b695c49297c..19fb8923cf2 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -184,48 +184,28 @@ var (
 		[]string{"table"},
 	)
 
-	// ProxyHealthz200Total is the number of returned HTTP Status 200 for each
+	// ProxyHealthzTotal is the number of returned HTTP Status for each
 	// healthz probe.
-	ProxyHealthz200Total = metrics.NewCounter(
+	ProxyHealthzTotal = metrics.NewCounterVec(
 		&metrics.CounterOpts{
 			Subsystem:      kubeProxySubsystem,
-			Name:           "proxy_healthz_200_total",
-			Help:           "Cumulative proxy healthz HTTP status 200",
+			Name:           "proxy_healthz_total",
+			Help:           "Cumulative proxy healthz HTTP status",
 			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
 		},
+		[]string{"code"},
 	)
 
-	// ProxyHealthz503Total is the number of returned HTTP Status 503 for each
-	// healthz probe.
-	ProxyHealthz503Total = metrics.NewCounter(
-		&metrics.CounterOpts{
-			Subsystem:      kubeProxySubsystem,
-			Name:           "proxy_healthz_503_total",
-			Help:           "Cumulative proxy healthz HTTP status 503",
-			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
-		},
-	)
-
-	// ProxyLivez200Total is the number of returned HTTP Status 200 for each
+	// ProxyLivezTotal is the number of returned HTTP Status for each
 	// livez probe.
-	ProxyLivez200Total = metrics.NewCounter(
+	ProxyLivezTotal = metrics.NewCounterVec(
 		&metrics.CounterOpts{
 			Subsystem:      kubeProxySubsystem,
-			Name:           "proxy_livez_200_total",
-			Help:           "Cumulative proxy livez HTTP status 200",
-			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
-		},
-	)
-
-	// ProxyLivez503Total is the number of returned HTTP Status 503 for each
-	// livez probe.
-	ProxyLivez503Total = metrics.NewCounter(
-		&metrics.CounterOpts{
-			Subsystem:      kubeProxySubsystem,
-			Name:           "proxy_livez_503_total",
-			Help:           "Cumulative proxy livez HTTP status 503",
+			Name:           "proxy_livez_total",
+			Help:           "Cumulative proxy livez HTTP status",
 			StabilityLevel: metrics.ALPHA,
 		},
+		[]string{"code"},
 	)
 
 	// SyncProxyRulesLastQueuedTimestamp is the last time a proxy sync was
@@ -274,10 +254,8 @@ func RegisterMetrics() {
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(IptablesPartialRestoreFailuresTotal)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(SyncProxyRulesLastQueuedTimestamp)
 		legacyregistry.MustRegister(SyncProxyRulesNoLocalEndpointsTotal)
-		legacyregistry.MustRegister(ProxyHealthz200Total)
-		legacyregistry.MustRegister(ProxyHealthz503Total)
-		legacyregistry.MustRegister(ProxyLivez200Total)
-		legacyregistry.MustRegister(ProxyLivez503Total)
+		legacyregistry.MustRegister(ProxyHealthzTotal)
+		legacyregistry.MustRegister(ProxyLivezTotal)
 
 	})
 }