diff --git a/util/metrics/metricqueue.py b/util/metrics/metricqueue.py
index 20577829b..ca11c256b 100644
--- a/util/metrics/metricqueue.py
+++ b/util/metrics/metricqueue.py
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ class MetricQueue(object):
                                                    'Registry blob chunk upload time',
                                                    labelnames=['storage_region'])
 
-    self.authentication_count = prom.create_counter('authenication_count',
+    self.authentication_count = prom.create_counter('authentication_count',
                                                     'Authentication count',
                                                     labelnames=['kind', 'status'])