diff --git a/internal/p2p/metrics.go b/internal/p2p/metrics.go
index 2a18de9f0..8f0dbb45b 100644
--- a/internal/p2p/metrics.go
+++ b/internal/p2p/metrics.go
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ var (
 
 // Metrics contains metrics exposed by this package.
 type Metrics struct {
-	// Number of peers.
+	// Number of peers connected.
 	Peers metrics.Gauge
 
 	PeersStored      metrics.Gauge
diff --git a/internal/p2p/peermanager.go b/internal/p2p/peermanager.go
index 387702f53..5c3f1c911 100644
--- a/internal/p2p/peermanager.go
+++ b/internal/p2p/peermanager.go
@@ -687,6 +687,9 @@ func (m *PeerManager) Accepted(peerID types.NodeID) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	if peer.Inactive {
+		m.metrics.PeersInactivated.Add(-1)
+	}
 	peer.Inactive = false
 	peer.LastConnected = time.Now().UTC()
 	if err := m.store.Set(peer); err != nil {