diff --git a/pkg/observer/observer_stats.go b/pkg/observer/observer_stats.go
index bdf51c772ed..c933009a8a3 100644
--- a/pkg/observer/observer_stats.go
+++ b/pkg/observer/observer_stats.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package observer
 import (
 	"fmt"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/cilium/ebpf"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metrics/mapmetrics"
@@ -27,19 +28,29 @@ func (c *bpfCollector) Describe(ch chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 }
 
 func (c *bpfCollector) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
+	statsSuffix := "_stats"
 	for _, m := range sensors.AllMaps {
 		name := m.Name
 		pin := filepath.Join(option.Config.MapDir, name)
-		pinStats := pin + "_stats"
+		// Skip map names that end up with _stats.
+		// This will result in _stats_stats suffixes that we don't care about
+		if strings.HasSuffix(pin, statsSuffix) {
+			continue
+		}
+		pinStats := pin + statsSuffix
 
 		mapLinkStats, err := ebpf.LoadPinnedMap(pinStats, nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			return
+			// If we fail to open the map with _stats suffix
+			// continue to the next map.
+			continue
 		}
 		defer mapLinkStats.Close()
 		mapLink, err := ebpf.LoadPinnedMap(pin, nil)
 		if err != nil {
-			return
+			// We have already opened the map with _stats suffix
+			// so we don't expect that to fail.
+			continue
 		}
 		defer mapLink.Close()