diff --git a/core/state/metrics.go b/core/state/metrics.go
index dd4b2e9838..57f6d4a4ed 100644
--- a/core/state/metrics.go
+++ b/core/state/metrics.go
@@ -29,4 +29,14 @@ var (
 	storageTriesUpdatedMeter = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("state/update/storagenodes", nil)
 	accountTrieDeletedMeter  = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("state/delete/accountnodes", nil)
 	storageTriesDeletedMeter = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("state/delete/storagenodes", nil)
+
+	// State size metrics
+	accountCountGauge  = metrics.NewRegisteredGauge("state/account/count", nil)
+	accountBytesGauge  = metrics.NewRegisteredGauge("state/account/bytes", nil)
+	storageCountGauge  = metrics.NewRegisteredGauge("state/storage/count", nil)
+	storageBytesGauge  = metrics.NewRegisteredGauge("state/storage/bytes", nil)
+	trienodeCountGauge = metrics.NewRegisteredGauge("state/trienode/count", nil)
+	trienodeBytesGauge = metrics.NewRegisteredGauge("state/trienode/bytes", nil)
+	contractCountGauge = metrics.NewRegisteredGauge("state/contract/count", nil)
+	contractBytesGauge = metrics.NewRegisteredGauge("state/contract/bytes", nil)
 )
diff --git a/core/state/statesize.go b/core/state/statesize.go
index 0a03df5a5d..0219ad994d 100644
--- a/core/state/statesize.go
+++ b/core/state/statesize.go
@@ -26,25 +26,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/ethdb"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/triedb"
 	"golang.org/x/sync/errgroup"
 )
 
-// State size metrics
-var (
-	// Baseline state size metrics
-	stateSizeAccountsCountMeter  = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("statedb/statesize/accounts/count", nil)
-	stateSizeAccountsBytesMeter  = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("statedb/statesize/accounts/bytes", nil)
-	stateSizeStorageCountMeter   = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("statedb/statesize/storage/count", nil)
-	stateSizeStorageBytesMeter   = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("statedb/statesize/storage/bytes", nil)
-	stateSizeTrieNodesCountMeter = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("statedb/statesize/trienodes/count", nil)
-	stateSizeTrieNodesBytesMeter = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("statedb/statesize/trienodes/bytes", nil)
-	stateSizeContractsCountMeter = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("statedb/statesize/contracts/count", nil)
-	stateSizeContractsBytesMeter = metrics.NewRegisteredMeter("statedb/statesize/contracts/bytes", nil)
-)
-
 // StateSizeMetrics represents the current state size statistics
 type StateSizeMetrics struct {
 	Root          common.Hash // Root hash of the state trie
@@ -494,14 +480,14 @@ func (g *StateSizeGenerator) iterateTable(ctx context.Context, prefix []byte, na
 }
 
 func (g *StateSizeGenerator) updateMetrics() {
-	stateSizeAccountsCountMeter.Mark(int64(g.metrics.AccountCount))
-	stateSizeAccountsBytesMeter.Mark(int64(g.metrics.AccountBytes))
-	stateSizeStorageCountMeter.Mark(int64(g.metrics.StorageCount))
-	stateSizeStorageBytesMeter.Mark(int64(g.metrics.StorageBytes))
-	stateSizeTrieNodesCountMeter.Mark(int64(g.metrics.TrieNodeCount))
-	stateSizeTrieNodesBytesMeter.Mark(int64(g.metrics.TrieNodeBytes))
-	stateSizeContractsCountMeter.Mark(int64(g.metrics.ContractCount))
-	stateSizeContractsBytesMeter.Mark(int64(g.metrics.ContractBytes))
+	accountCountGauge.Update(int64(g.metrics.AccountCount))
+	accountBytesGauge.Update(int64(g.metrics.AccountBytes))
+	storageCountGauge.Update(int64(g.metrics.StorageCount))
+	storageBytesGauge.Update(int64(g.metrics.StorageBytes))
+	trienodeCountGauge.Update(int64(g.metrics.TrieNodeCount))
+	trienodeBytesGauge.Update(int64(g.metrics.TrieNodeBytes))
+	contractCountGauge.Update(int64(g.metrics.ContractCount))
+	contractBytesGauge.Update(int64(g.metrics.ContractBytes))
 }
 
 // persistMetrics saves the current metrics to the database