diff --git a/cmd/geth/config.go b/cmd/geth/config.go
index 8c06677167..33a3eadea8 100644
--- a/cmd/geth/config.go
+++ b/cmd/geth/config.go
@@ -375,9 +375,6 @@ func applyMetricConfig(ctx *cli.Context, cfg *gethConfig) {
 	if ctx.IsSet(utils.MetricsInfluxDBOrganizationFlag.Name) {
 		cfg.Metrics.InfluxDBOrganization = ctx.String(utils.MetricsInfluxDBOrganizationFlag.Name)
 	}
-	if ctx.IsSet(utils.MetricsStateSizeFlag.Name) {
-		cfg.Metrics.EnableStateSizeTracking = ctx.Bool(utils.MetricsStateSizeFlag.Name)
-	}
 	// Sanity-check the commandline flags. It is fine if some unused fields is part
 	// of the toml-config, but we expect the commandline to only contain relevant
 	// arguments, otherwise it indicates an error.
diff --git a/cmd/utils/flags.go b/cmd/utils/flags.go
index b58249a637..e39a13db96 100644
--- a/cmd/utils/flags.go
+++ b/cmd/utils/flags.go
@@ -970,7 +970,7 @@ Please note that --` + MetricsHTTPFlag.Name + ` must be set to start the server.
 	MetricsStateSizeFlag = &cli.BoolFlag{
 		Name:     "metrics.statesize",
 		Usage:    "Enable state size tracking for metrics collection",
-		Value:    metrics.DefaultConfig.EnableStateSizeTracking,
+		Value:    ethconfig.Defaults.EnableStateSizeTracking,
 		Category: flags.MetricsCategory,
 	}
 )
@@ -1733,6 +1733,11 @@ func SetEthConfig(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, cfg *ethconfig.Config) {
 			cfg.EthDiscoveryURLs = SplitAndTrim(urls)
 		}
 	}
+
+	if ctx.Bool(MetricsEnabledFlag.Name) && ctx.Bool(MetricsStateSizeFlag.Name) {
+		log.Error("Enabling state size metrics")
+		cfg.EnableStateSizeTracking = true
+	}
 	// Override any default configs for hard coded networks.
 	switch {
 	case ctx.Bool(MainnetFlag.Name):
@@ -2225,10 +2230,6 @@ func MakeChain(ctx *cli.Context, stack *node.Node, readonly bool) (*core.BlockCh
 	} else if ctx.IsSet(CacheFlag.Name) || ctx.IsSet(CacheSnapshotFlag.Name) {
 		options.SnapshotLimit = ctx.Int(CacheFlag.Name) * ctx.Int(CacheSnapshotFlag.Name) / 100
 	}
-	if ctx.Bool(MetricsStateSizeFlag.Name) {
-		log.Info("Enabling state size tracking")
-		options.EnableStateSizeTracking = true
-	}
 	// If we're in readonly, do not bother generating snapshot data.
 	if readonly {
 		options.SnapshotNoBuild = true
diff --git a/eth/backend.go b/eth/backend.go
index 7616ec9d31..ef28878a2d 100644
--- a/eth/backend.go
+++ b/eth/backend.go
@@ -240,7 +240,8 @@ func New(stack *node.Node, config *ethconfig.Config) (*Ethereum, error) {
 			// within the data directory. The corresponding paths will be either:
 			// - DATADIR/triedb/merkle.journal
 			// - DATADIR/triedb/verkle.journal
-			TrieJournalDirectory: stack.ResolvePath("triedb"),
+			TrieJournalDirectory:    stack.ResolvePath("triedb"),
+			EnableStateSizeTracking: config.EnableStateSizeTracking,
 		}
 	)
 	if config.VMTrace != "" {
diff --git a/eth/ethconfig/config.go b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
index 82c3c500a7..dc77141081 100644
--- a/eth/ethconfig/config.go
+++ b/eth/ethconfig/config.go
@@ -144,6 +144,9 @@ type Config struct {
 	// Enables tracking of SHA3 preimages in the VM
 	EnablePreimageRecording bool
 
+	// Enables tracking of state size
+	EnableStateSizeTracking bool
+
 	// Enables VM tracing
 	VMTrace           string
 	VMTraceJsonConfig string
diff --git a/metrics/config.go b/metrics/config.go
index ea916b3673..72f94dd194 100644
--- a/metrics/config.go
+++ b/metrics/config.go
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	InfluxDBToken        string `toml:",omitempty"`
 	InfluxDBBucket       string `toml:",omitempty"`
 	InfluxDBOrganization string `toml:",omitempty"`
-
-	EnableStateSizeTracking bool `toml:",omitempty"`
 }
 
 // DefaultConfig is the default config for metrics used in go-ethereum.
@@ -55,6 +53,4 @@ var DefaultConfig = Config{
 	InfluxDBToken:        "test",
 	InfluxDBBucket:       "geth",
 	InfluxDBOrganization: "geth",
-
-	EnableStateSizeTracking: false,
 }