diff --git a/internal/ingress/controller/metric/collector/nginx.go b/internal/ingress/controller/metric/collector/nginx.go
index 3372084a8..85c4e4da3 100644
--- a/internal/ingress/controller/metric/collector/nginx.go
+++ b/internal/ingress/controller/metric/collector/nginx.go
@@ -76,17 +76,17 @@ func NewNginxStatus(watchNamespace, ingressClass string, ngxHealthPort int, ngxV
 			[]string{"ingress_class", "namespace"}, nil),
 
 		reading: prometheus.NewDesc(
-			prometheus.BuildFQName(ns, "", "current_reading_connections_total"),
+			prometheus.BuildFQName(ns, "", "current_reading_connections"),
 			"current number of connections where nginx is reading the request header",
 			[]string{"ingress_class", "namespace"}, nil),
 
 		writing: prometheus.NewDesc(
-			prometheus.BuildFQName(ns, "", "current_writing_connections_total"),
+			prometheus.BuildFQName(ns, "", "current_writing_connections"),
 			"current number of connections where nginx is writing the response back to the client",
 			[]string{"ingress_class", "namespace"}, nil),
 
 		waiting: prometheus.NewDesc(
-			prometheus.BuildFQName(ns, "", "current_waiting_connections_total"),
+			prometheus.BuildFQName(ns, "", "current_waiting_connections"),
 			"current number of idle client connections waiting for a request",
 			[]string{"ingress_class", "namespace"}, nil),
 	}