diff --git a/net/tstun/wrap.go b/net/tstun/wrap.go
index 580150936..61d529f85 100644
--- a/net/tstun/wrap.go
+++ b/net/tstun/wrap.go
@@ -831,13 +831,13 @@ func (t *Wrapper) Unwrap() tun.Device {
 }
 
 var (
-	metricPacketIn              = clientmetric.NewGauge("tstun_in_from_wg")
-	metricPacketInDrop          = clientmetric.NewGauge("tstun_in_from_wg_drop")
-	metricPacketInDropFilter    = clientmetric.NewGauge("tstun_in_from_wg_drop_filter")
-	metricPacketInDropSelfDisco = clientmetric.NewGauge("tstun_in_from_wg_drop_self_disco")
-
-	metricPacketOut              = clientmetric.NewGauge("tstun_out_to_wg")
-	metricPacketOutDrop          = clientmetric.NewGauge("tstun_out_to_wg_drop")
-	metricPacketOutDropFilter    = clientmetric.NewGauge("tstun_out_to_wg_drop_filter")
-	metricPacketOutDropSelfDisco = clientmetric.NewGauge("tstun_out_to_wg_drop_self_disco")
+	metricPacketIn              = clientmetric.NewCounter("tstun_in_from_wg")
+	metricPacketInDrop          = clientmetric.NewCounter("tstun_in_from_wg_drop")
+	metricPacketInDropFilter    = clientmetric.NewCounter("tstun_in_from_wg_drop_filter")
+	metricPacketInDropSelfDisco = clientmetric.NewCounter("tstun_in_from_wg_drop_self_disco")
+
+	metricPacketOut              = clientmetric.NewCounter("tstun_out_to_wg")
+	metricPacketOutDrop          = clientmetric.NewCounter("tstun_out_to_wg_drop")
+	metricPacketOutDropFilter    = clientmetric.NewCounter("tstun_out_to_wg_drop_filter")
+	metricPacketOutDropSelfDisco = clientmetric.NewCounter("tstun_out_to_wg_drop_self_disco")
 )
diff --git a/wgengine/userspace.go b/wgengine/userspace.go
index 18866ab77..d589eabae 100644
--- a/wgengine/userspace.go
+++ b/wgengine/userspace.go
@@ -1629,8 +1629,8 @@ func (ls fwdDNSLinkSelector) PickLink(ip netaddr.IP) (linkName string) {
 }
 
 var (
-	metricMagicDNSPacketIn = clientmetric.NewGauge("magicdns_packet_in") // for 100.100.100.100
-	metricReflectToOS      = clientmetric.NewGauge("packet_reflect_to_os")
+	metricMagicDNSPacketIn = clientmetric.NewCounter("magicdns_packet_in") // for 100.100.100.100
+	metricReflectToOS      = clientmetric.NewCounter("packet_reflect_to_os")
 
 	metricNumMajorChanges = clientmetric.NewCounter("wgengine_major_changes")
 	metricNumMinorChanges = clientmetric.NewCounter("wgengine_minor_changes")