diff --git a/replica/table.cc b/replica/table.cc
index 2914c4324b..09b062233c 100644
--- a/replica/table.cc
+++ b/replica/table.cc
@@ -1208,7 +1208,7 @@ void table::set_metrics() {
                 ms::make_counter("memtable_partition_writes", [this] () { return _stats.memtable_partition_insertions + _stats.memtable_partition_hits; }, ms::description("Number of write operations performed on partitions in memtables"))(cf)(ks).set_skip_when_empty(),
                 ms::make_counter("memtable_partition_hits", _stats.memtable_partition_hits, ms::description("Number of times a write operation was issued on an existing partition in memtables"))(cf)(ks).set_skip_when_empty(),
                 ms::make_counter("memtable_row_writes", _stats.memtable_app_stats.row_writes, ms::description("Number of row writes performed in memtables"))(cf)(ks).set_skip_when_empty(),
-                ms::make_counter("memtable_row_hits", _stats.memtable_app_stats.row_hits, ms::description("Number of rows overwritten by write operations in memtables"))(cf)(ks).set_skip_when_empty().set_skip_when_empty(),
+                ms::make_counter("memtable_row_hits", _stats.memtable_app_stats.row_hits, ms::description("Number of rows overwritten by write operations in memtables"))(cf)(ks).set_skip_when_empty(),
                 ms::make_counter("memtable_rows_dropped_by_tombstones", _stats.memtable_app_stats.rows_dropped_by_tombstones, ms::description("Number of rows dropped in memtables by a tombstone write"))(cf)(ks).set_skip_when_empty(),
                 ms::make_counter("memtable_rows_compacted_with_tombstones", _stats.memtable_app_stats.rows_compacted_with_tombstones, ms::description("Number of rows scanned during write of a tombstone for the purpose of compaction in memtables"))(cf)(ks).set_skip_when_empty(),
                 ms::make_counter("memtable_range_tombstone_reads", _stats.memtable_range_tombstone_reads, ms::description("Number of range tombstones read from memtables"))(cf)(ks).set_skip_when_empty(),