diff --git a/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go b/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go
index ad4b1b81f5a..735554f0647 100644
--- a/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go
+++ b/pkg/proxy/ipvs/proxier.go
@@ -1526,6 +1526,9 @@ func (proxier *Proxier) syncProxyRules() {
 		klog.ErrorS(err, "Error syncing healthcheck endpoints")
 	}
 
+	metrics.SyncProxyRulesNoLocalEndpointsTotal.WithLabelValues("internal").Set(float64(proxier.serviceNoLocalEndpointsInternal.Len()))
+	metrics.SyncProxyRulesNoLocalEndpointsTotal.WithLabelValues("external").Set(float64(proxier.serviceNoLocalEndpointsExternal.Len()))
+
 	// Finish housekeeping.
 	// Clear stale conntrack entries for UDP Services, this has to be done AFTER the ipvs rules are programmed.
 	// TODO: these could be made more consistent.
@@ -1544,9 +1547,6 @@ func (proxier *Proxier) syncProxyRules() {
 	}
 	klog.V(4).InfoS("Deleting stale endpoint connections", "endpoints", endpointUpdateResult.StaleEndpoints)
 	proxier.deleteEndpointConnections(endpointUpdateResult.StaleEndpoints)
-
-	metrics.SyncProxyRulesNoLocalEndpointsTotal.WithLabelValues("internal").Set(float64(proxier.serviceNoLocalEndpointsInternal.Len()))
-	metrics.SyncProxyRulesNoLocalEndpointsTotal.WithLabelValues("external").Set(float64(proxier.serviceNoLocalEndpointsExternal.Len()))
 }
 
 // writeIptablesRules write all iptables rules to proxier.natRules or proxier.FilterRules that ipvs proxier needed