diff --git a/core/rawdb/accessors_state.go b/core/rawdb/accessors_state.go
index bc726d911b..adc77fae83 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/accessors_state.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/accessors_state.go
@@ -27,7 +27,11 @@ import (
 // ReadPreimage retrieves a single preimage of the provided hash.
 func ReadPreimage(db ethdb.KeyValueReader, hash common.Hash) []byte {
 	data, _ := db.Get(preimageKey(hash))
-	preimageMissCounter.Inc(1)
+	if len(data) == 0 {
+		preimageMissCounter.Inc(1)
+	} else {
+		preimageHitsCounter.Inc(1)
+	}
 	return data
 }
 
diff --git a/core/rawdb/schema.go b/core/rawdb/schema.go
index 48451447ab..5480c7a72c 100644
--- a/core/rawdb/schema.go
+++ b/core/rawdb/schema.go
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ var (
 	SyncCommitteeKey      = []byte("committee-") // bigEndian64(syncPeriod) -> serialized committee
 
 	preimageCounter     = metrics.NewRegisteredCounter("db/preimage/total", nil)
+	preimageHitsCounter = metrics.NewRegisteredCounter("db/preimage/hits", nil)
 	preimageMissCounter = metrics.NewRegisteredCounter("db/preimage/miss", nil)
 )