diff --git a/crates/meilisearch/src/metrics.rs b/crates/meilisearch/src/metrics.rs
index 2207e69ff..d52e04cc6 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch/src/metrics.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch/src/metrics.rs
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ lazy_static! {
         "Meilisearch number of degraded search requests"
     ))
     .expect("Can't create a metric");
-    pub static ref MEILISEARCH_CHAT_INTERNAL_SEARCH_REQUESTS: IntGauge =
-        register_int_gauge!(opts!(
-            "meilisearch_chat_internal_search_requests",
+    pub static ref MEILISEARCH_CHAT_SEARCH_REQUESTS: IntCounterVec = register_int_counter_vec!(
+        opts!(
+            "meilisearch_chat_search_requests",
             "Meilisearch number of search requests performed by the chat route itself"
-        ))
-        .expect("Can't create a metric");
+        ),
+        &["type"]
+    )
+    .expect("Can't create a metric");
     pub static ref MEILISEARCH_CHAT_PROMPT_TOKENS_USAGE: IntCounterVec = register_int_counter_vec!(
         opts!("meilisearch_chat_prompt_tokens_usage", "Meilisearch Chat Prompt Tokens Usage"),
         &["workspace", "model"]
diff --git a/crates/meilisearch/src/routes/chats/chat_completions.rs b/crates/meilisearch/src/routes/chats/chat_completions.rs
index 9d132a96f..4f7087ae8 100644
--- a/crates/meilisearch/src/routes/chats/chat_completions.rs
+++ b/crates/meilisearch/src/routes/chats/chat_completions.rs
@@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ use crate::error::MeilisearchHttpError;
 use crate::extractors::authentication::policies::ActionPolicy;
 use crate::extractors::authentication::{extract_token_from_request, GuardedData, Policy as _};
 use crate::metrics::{
-    MEILISEARCH_CHAT_COMPLETION_TOKENS_USAGE, MEILISEARCH_CHAT_INTERNAL_SEARCH_REQUESTS,
-    MEILISEARCH_CHAT_PROMPT_TOKENS_USAGE, MEILISEARCH_CHAT_TOTAL_TOKENS_USAGE,
+    MEILISEARCH_CHAT_COMPLETION_TOKENS_USAGE, MEILISEARCH_CHAT_PROMPT_TOKENS_USAGE,
+    MEILISEARCH_CHAT_SEARCH_REQUESTS, MEILISEARCH_CHAT_TOTAL_TOKENS_USAGE,
     MEILISEARCH_DEGRADED_SEARCH_REQUESTS,
 };
 use crate::routes::chats::utils::SseEventSender;
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ async fn process_search_request(
     let output = output?;
     let mut documents = Vec::new();
     if let Ok((ref rtxn, ref search_result)) = output {
-        MEILISEARCH_CHAT_INTERNAL_SEARCH_REQUESTS.inc();
+        MEILISEARCH_CHAT_SEARCH_REQUESTS.with_label_values(&["internal"]).inc();
         if search_result.degraded {
             MEILISEARCH_DEGRADED_SEARCH_REQUESTS.inc();
         }