diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go
index e83d87b411b..a944e4478e7 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var (
 	)
 	objectCounts = compbasemetrics.NewGaugeVec(
 		&compbasemetrics.GaugeOpts{
-			Name:           "apiserver_storage_object_counts",
+			Name:           "apiserver_storage_objects",
 			Help:           "Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind.",
 			StabilityLevel: compbasemetrics.STABLE,
 		},
diff --git a/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml b/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml
index 04930d733f2..a857a6efb3b 100644
--- a/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml
+++ b/test/instrumentation/testdata/stable-metrics-list.yaml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@
   - subresource
   - verb
   - version
-- name: apiserver_storage_object_counts
+- name: apiserver_storage_objects
   help: Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind.
   type: Gauge
   stabilityLevel: STABLE