diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics_test.go
index 200739b1bd7..3c8a33d49c5 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/storage/etcd3/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -316,6 +316,7 @@ apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo",resource="bar"} -1
 func TestDeleteStoreStats(t *testing.T) {
 	registry := metrics.NewKubeRegistry()
 	registry.MustRegister(objectCounts)
+	registry.MustRegister(newObjectCounts)
 	registry.MustRegister(resourceSizeEstimate)
 
 	UpdateStoreStats(schema.GroupResource{Group: "foo1", Resource: "bar1"}, storage.Stats{ObjectCount: 10}, nil)
@@ -325,12 +326,16 @@ func TestDeleteStoreStats(t *testing.T) {
 # TYPE apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes gauge
 apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo1",resource="bar1"} -1
 apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo2",resource="bar2"} 200
+# HELP apiserver_resource_objects [ALPHA] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+# TYPE apiserver_resource_objects gauge
+apiserver_resource_objects{group="foo1",resource="bar1"} 10
+apiserver_resource_objects{group="foo2",resource="bar2"} 20
 # HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] [DEPRECATED, consider using apiserver_resource_objects instead] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_storage_objects gauge
 apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar1.foo1"} 10
 apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar2.foo2"} 20
 `
-	if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(registry, strings.NewReader(expectedMetrics), "apiserver_storage_objects", "apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes"); err != nil {
+	if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(registry, strings.NewReader(expectedMetrics), "apiserver_storage_objects", "apiserver_resource_objects", "apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
@@ -339,19 +344,24 @@ apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar2.foo2"} 20
 	expectedMetrics = `# HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes gauge
 apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes{group="foo2",resource="bar2"} 200
+# HELP apiserver_resource_objects [ALPHA] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+# TYPE apiserver_resource_objects gauge
+apiserver_resource_objects{group="foo2",resource="bar2"} 20
 # HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] [DEPRECATED, consider using apiserver_resource_objects instead] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_storage_objects gauge
 apiserver_storage_objects{resource="bar2.foo2"} 20
 `
-	if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(registry, strings.NewReader(expectedMetrics), "apiserver_storage_objects", "apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes"); err != nil {
+	if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(registry, strings.NewReader(expectedMetrics), "apiserver_storage_objects", "apiserver_resource_objects", "apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 
 	DeleteStoreStats(schema.GroupResource{Group: "foo2", Resource: "bar2"})
 	expectedMetrics = `# HELP apiserver_storage_objects [STABLE] [DEPRECATED, consider using apiserver_resource_objects instead] Number of stored objects at the time of last check split by kind. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
 # TYPE apiserver_storage_objects gauge
+# HELP apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes [ALPHA] Estimated size of stored objects in database. Estimate is based on sum of last observed sizes of serialized objects. In case of a fetching error, the value will be -1.
+# TYPE apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes gauge
 `
-	if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(registry, strings.NewReader(expectedMetrics), "apiserver_storage_objects", "apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes"); err != nil {
+	if err := testutil.GatherAndCompare(registry, strings.NewReader(expectedMetrics), "apiserver_storage_objects", "apiserver_resource_objects", "apiserver_resource_size_estimate_bytes"); err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }