diff --git a/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md b/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md
index 6781dd46772..bebca62b221 100644
--- a/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md
+++ b/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ Depending on your setup, changes listed here might require a manual intervention
 
 ### Metrics
 
-* TBD
+* `tetragon_ratelimit_dropped_total` metric is renamed to `tetragon_export_ratelimit_events_dropped_total`
diff --git a/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md b/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md
index 381ace5eeef..b3b750fc593 100644
--- a/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@ Timestamp of the most recent event to be exported
 
 Number of events missing process info.
 
+### `tetragon_export_ratelimit_events_dropped_total`
+
+Number of events dropped on export due to rate limiting
+
 ### `tetragon_flags_total`
 
 The total number of Tetragon flags. For internal use only.
@@ -263,10 +267,6 @@ Process Loader event statistics. For internal use only.
 | ----- | ------ |
 | `count` | `LoaderReceived, LoaderResolvedImm, LoaderResolvedRetry` |
 
-### `tetragon_ratelimit_dropped_total`
-
-The total number of rate limit Tetragon drops
-
 ### `tetragon_tracingpolicy_loaded`
 
 The number of loaded tracing policy by state.
diff --git a/pkg/exporter/exporter.go b/pkg/exporter/exporter.go
index bc8bf072902..2d21a0e709b 100644
--- a/pkg/exporter/exporter.go
+++ b/pkg/exporter/exporter.go
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ func (e *Exporter) Start() error {
 func (e *Exporter) Send(event *tetragon.GetEventsResponse) error {
 	if e.rateLimiter != nil && !e.rateLimiter.Allow() {
 		e.rateLimiter.Drop()
+		rateLimitDropped.Inc()
 		return nil
 	}
 
diff --git a/pkg/exporter/metrics.go b/pkg/exporter/metrics.go
index a95db1f0392..40e804f7a15 100644
--- a/pkg/exporter/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/exporter/metrics.go
@@ -29,12 +29,22 @@ var (
 		Name:      "events_last_exported_timestamp",
 		Help:      "Timestamp of the most recent event to be exported",
 	})
+
+	rateLimitDropped = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Namespace:   consts.MetricsNamespace,
+		Name:        "export_ratelimit_events_dropped_total",
+		Help:        "Number of events dropped on export due to rate limiting",
+		ConstLabels: nil,
+	})
 )
 
 func RegisterMetrics(group metrics.Group) {
-	group.MustRegister(eventsExportedTotal)
-	group.MustRegister(eventsExportedBytesTotal)
-	group.MustRegister(eventsExportTimestamp)
+	group.MustRegister(
+		eventsExportedTotal,
+		eventsExportedBytesTotal,
+		eventsExportTimestamp,
+		rateLimitDropped,
+	)
 }
 
 func newExportedBytesCounterWriter(w io.Writer, c prometheus.Counter) io.Writer {
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/ratelimitmetrics/ratelimitmetrics.go b/pkg/metrics/ratelimitmetrics/ratelimitmetrics.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 86daba4952c..00000000000
--- a/pkg/metrics/ratelimitmetrics/ratelimitmetrics.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-// Copyright Authors of Tetragon
-
-package ratelimitmetrics
-
-import (
-	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metrics"
-	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metrics/consts"
-	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
-)
-
-var (
-	RateLimitDropped = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
-		Namespace:   consts.MetricsNamespace,
-		Name:        "ratelimit_dropped_total",
-		Help:        "The total number of rate limit Tetragon drops",
-		ConstLabels: nil,
-	})
-)
-
-func RegisterMetrics(group metrics.Group) {
-	group.MustRegister(RateLimitDropped)
-}
diff --git a/pkg/metricsconfig/healthmetrics.go b/pkg/metricsconfig/healthmetrics.go
index 612149ce34a..53bdf3300d6 100644
--- a/pkg/metricsconfig/healthmetrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metricsconfig/healthmetrics.go
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metrics/opcodemetrics"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metrics/policyfiltermetrics"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metrics/policystatemetrics"
-	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metrics/ratelimitmetrics"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metrics/watchermetrics"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/observer"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/process"
@@ -81,8 +80,6 @@ func registerHealthMetrics(group metrics.Group) {
 	// tracing metrics
 	tracing.RegisterMetrics(group)
 	group.ExtendInit(tracing.InitMetrics)
-	// rate limit metrics
-	ratelimitmetrics.RegisterMetrics(group)
 	// exporter metrics
 	exporter.RegisterMetrics(group)
 	// cgrup rate metrics
diff --git a/pkg/ratelimit/ratelimit.go b/pkg/ratelimit/ratelimit.go
index 4043952258b..52c5512a4e2 100644
--- a/pkg/ratelimit/ratelimit.go
+++ b/pkg/ratelimit/ratelimit.go
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/api/v1/tetragon"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/encoder"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/logger"
-	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metrics/ratelimitmetrics"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/reader/node"
 	"golang.org/x/time/rate"
 	"google.golang.org/protobuf/types/known/timestamppb"
@@ -78,5 +77,4 @@ func (r *RateLimiter) reportRateLimitInfo(encoder encoder.EventEncoder) {
 
 func (r *RateLimiter) Drop() {
 	atomic.AddUint64(&r.dropped, 1)
-	ratelimitmetrics.RateLimitDropped.Inc()
 }