diff --git a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
index 980664e3c..4c04b0b7c 100644
--- a/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
+++ b/lib/MySQL_HostGroups_Manager.cpp
@@ -1237,8 +1237,14 @@ hg_metrics_map = std::make_tuple(
 		),
 		// mysql_error
 		std::make_tuple (
-			p_hg_dyn_counter::mysql_error,
+			p_hg_dyn_counter::proxysql_mysql_error,
 			"proxysql_mysql_error",
+			"Tracks the mysql errors generated by proxysql, identifying them by: hostgroup + hostname + port + error_code.",
+			metric_tags {}
+		),
+		std::make_tuple (
+			p_hg_dyn_counter::mysql_error,
+			"mysql_error",
 			"Tracks the mysql errors encountered, identifying them by: hostgroup + hostname + port + error_code.",
 			metric_tags {}
 		)