diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient/metrics.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient/metrics.go
index 82bc2babaa2..21e4bb35998 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient/metrics.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/component-base/metrics/prometheus/restclient/metrics.go
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ var (
 func init() {
 
 	legacyregistry.MustRegister(requestLatency)
+	legacyregistry.MustRegister(rateLimiterLatency)
 	legacyregistry.MustRegister(requestResult)
 	legacyregistry.RawMustRegister(execPluginCertTTL)
 	legacyregistry.MustRegister(execPluginCertRotation)