diff --git a/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md b/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md
index 11e36bd1570..21fabe08d8d 100644
--- a/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md
+++ b/contrib/upgrade-notes/latest.md
@@ -60,3 +60,5 @@ tetragon:
   `tetragon_event_cache_fetch_failures_total{entry_type="<entry_type>"}`.
 * `tetragon_event_cache_accesses_total` metric is renamed to `tetragon_event_cache_inserts_total`.
 * `tetragon_event_cache_retries_total` metric is renamed to `tetragon_event_cache_fetch_retries_total`.
+* `tetragon_errors_total{type="event_missing_process_info"}` metric is replaced by
+  `tetragon_events_missing_process_info_total`.
diff --git a/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md b/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md
index 61a013a839d..1297aa9cb2f 100644
--- a/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md
+++ b/docs/content/en/docs/reference/metrics.md
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ The total number of Tetragon errors. For internal use only.
 
 | label | values |
 | ----- | ------ |
-| `type ` | `event_finalize_process_info_failed, event_missing_process_info, handler_error, process_metadata_username_failed, process_metadata_username_ignored_not_in_host_namespaces, process_pid_tid_mismatch` |
+| `type ` | `event_finalize_process_info_failed, handler_error, process_metadata_username_failed, process_metadata_username_ignored_not_in_host_namespaces, process_pid_tid_mismatch` |
 
 ### `tetragon_event_cache_entries`
 
@@ -99,6 +99,10 @@ Total number of events exported
 
 Timestamp of the most recent event to be exported
 
+### `tetragon_events_missing_process_info_total`
+
+Number of events missing process info.
+
 ### `tetragon_flags_total`
 
 The total number of Tetragon flags. For internal use only.
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/errormetrics/errormetrics.go b/pkg/metrics/errormetrics/errormetrics.go
index 1967066effb..ee7a722321f 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/errormetrics/errormetrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/errormetrics/errormetrics.go
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ type ErrorType int
 const (
 	// Tid and Pid mismatch that could affect BPF and user space caching logic
 	ProcessPidTidMismatch ErrorType = iota
-	// An event is missing process info.
-	EventMissingProcessInfo
 	// An error occurred in an event handler.
 	HandlerError
 	// An event finalizer on Process failed
@@ -32,7 +30,6 @@ const (
 
 var errorTypeLabelValues = map[ErrorType]string{
 	ProcessPidTidMismatch:                   "process_pid_tid_mismatch",
-	EventMissingProcessInfo:                 "event_missing_process_info",
 	HandlerError:                            "handler_error",
 	EventFinalizeProcessInfoFailed:          "event_finalize_process_info_failed",
 	ProcessMetadataUsernameFailed:           "process_metadata_username_failed",
diff --git a/pkg/metrics/eventmetrics/eventmetrics.go b/pkg/metrics/eventmetrics/eventmetrics.go
index d599112302c..b26503259b5 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/eventmetrics/eventmetrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/eventmetrics/eventmetrics.go
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/logger"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metrics"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metrics/consts"
-	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metrics/errormetrics"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/metrics/syscallmetrics"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/option"
 	"github.com/cilium/tetragon/pkg/reader/exec"
@@ -68,12 +67,21 @@ var (
 		Help:        "Policy events calls observed.",
 		ConstLabels: nil,
 	}, []string{"policy", "hook"})
+
+	missingProcessInfo = prometheus.NewCounter(prometheus.CounterOpts{
+		Namespace: consts.MetricsNamespace,
+		Name:      "events_missing_process_info_total",
+		Help:      "Number of events missing process info.",
+	})
 )
 
 func RegisterHealthMetrics(group metrics.Group) {
-	group.MustRegister(FlagCount)
-	group.MustRegister(NotifyOverflowedEvents)
-	group.MustRegister(NewBPFCollector())
+	group.MustRegister(
+		FlagCount,
+		NotifyOverflowedEvents,
+		NewBPFCollector(),
+		missingProcessInfo,
+	)
 }
 
 func InitHealthMetrics() {
@@ -110,7 +118,7 @@ func GetProcessInfo(process *tetragon.Process) (binary, pod, workload, namespace
 			pod = process.Pod.Name
 		}
 	} else {
-		errormetrics.ErrorTotalInc(errormetrics.EventMissingProcessInfo)
+		missingProcessInfo.Inc()
 	}
 	return binary, pod, workload, namespace
 }