diff --git a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
index d830fada88..d50f5a173b 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ var (
 		prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 			Subsystem: subsystemName,
 			Name:      "pending_workloads",
-			Help:      "Number of pending workloads, per queue and cluster_queue.",
-		}, []string{"cluster_queue", "queue"})
+			Help:      "Number of pending workloads, per cluster_queue.",
+		}, []string{"cluster_queue"})
 )
 
 func AdmissionAttempt(result AdmissionResult, duration time.Duration) {
diff --git a/pkg/queue/manager.go b/pkg/queue/manager.go
index 8d282e9cd7..a716da90ed 100644
--- a/pkg/queue/manager.go
+++ b/pkg/queue/manager.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 	"sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/client"
 
 	kueue "sigs.k8s.io/kueue/apis/kueue/v1alpha1"
+	"sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/metrics"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/workload"
 )
 
@@ -106,6 +107,7 @@ func (m *Manager) AddClusterQueue(ctx context.Context, cq *kueue.ClusterQueue) e
 	}
 
 	queued := m.queueAllInadmissibleWorkloadsInCohort(cqImpl)
+	reportPendingWorkloads(cq.Name, cqImpl.Pending())
 	if queued || addedWorkloads {
 		m.Broadcast()
 	}
@@ -144,6 +146,7 @@ func (m *Manager) DeleteClusterQueue(cq *kueue.ClusterQueue) {
 		return
 	}
 	delete(m.clusterQueues, cq.Name)
+	metrics.PendingWorkloads.DeleteLabelValues(cq.Name)
 
 	cohort := cq.Spec.Cohort
 	m.deleteCohort(cohort, cq.Name)
@@ -177,7 +180,6 @@ func (m *Manager) AddQueue(ctx context.Context, q *kueue.Queue) error {
 	if cq != nil && cq.AddFromQueue(qImpl) {
 		m.Broadcast()
 	}
-	qImpl.reportPendingWorkloads()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -189,7 +191,6 @@ func (m *Manager) UpdateQueue(q *kueue.Queue) error {
 		return errQueueDoesNotExist
 	}
 	if qImpl.ClusterQueue != string(q.Spec.ClusterQueue) {
-		qImpl.resetPendingWorkloads()
 		oldCQ := m.clusterQueues[qImpl.ClusterQueue]
 		if oldCQ != nil {
 			oldCQ.DeleteFromQueue(qImpl)
@@ -200,7 +201,6 @@ func (m *Manager) UpdateQueue(q *kueue.Queue) error {
 		}
 	}
 	qImpl.update(q)
-	qImpl.reportPendingWorkloads()
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -217,7 +217,6 @@ func (m *Manager) DeleteQueue(q *kueue.Queue) {
 		cq.DeleteFromQueue(qImpl)
 	}
 	delete(m.queues, key)
-	qImpl.resetPendingWorkloads()
 }
 
 func (m *Manager) PendingWorkloads(q *kueue.Queue) (int32, error) {
@@ -276,12 +275,12 @@ func (m *Manager) addOrUpdateWorkload(w *kueue.Workload) bool {
 	}
 	wInfo := workload.NewInfo(w)
 	q.AddOrUpdate(wInfo)
-	q.reportPendingWorkloads()
 	cq := m.clusterQueues[q.ClusterQueue]
 	if cq == nil {
 		return false
 	}
 	cq.PushOrUpdate(wInfo)
+	reportPendingWorkloads(q.ClusterQueue, cq.Pending())
 	m.Broadcast()
 	return true
 }
@@ -307,13 +306,13 @@ func (m *Manager) RequeueWorkload(ctx context.Context, info *workload.Info, imme
 	}
 	info.Update(&w)
 	q.AddOrUpdate(info)
-	q.reportPendingWorkloads()
 	cq := m.clusterQueues[q.ClusterQueue]
 	if cq == nil {
 		return false
 	}
 
 	added := cq.RequeueIfNotPresent(info, immediate)
+	reportPendingWorkloads(q.ClusterQueue, cq.Pending())
 	if added {
 		m.Broadcast()
 	}
@@ -332,10 +331,10 @@ func (m *Manager) deleteWorkloadFromQueueAndClusterQueue(w *kueue.Workload, qKey
 		return
 	}
 	delete(q.items, workload.Key(w))
-	q.reportPendingWorkloads()
 	cq := m.clusterQueues[q.ClusterQueue]
 	if cq != nil {
 		cq.Delete(w)
+		reportPendingWorkloads(q.ClusterQueue, cq.Pending())
 	}
 }
 
@@ -483,12 +482,12 @@ func (m *Manager) heads() []workload.Info {
 		if wl == nil {
 			continue
 		}
+		reportPendingWorkloads(cqName, cq.Pending())
 		wlCopy := *wl
 		wlCopy.ClusterQueue = cqName
 		workloads = append(workloads, wlCopy)
 		q := m.queues[queueKeyForWorkload(wl.Obj)]
 		delete(q.items, workload.Key(wl.Obj))
-		q.reportPendingWorkloads()
 	}
 	return workloads
 }
@@ -538,3 +537,7 @@ func SetupIndexes(indexer client.FieldIndexer) error {
 	}
 	return nil
 }
+
+func reportPendingWorkloads(cqName string, val int32) {
+	metrics.PendingWorkloads.WithLabelValues(cqName).Set(float64(val))
+}
diff --git a/pkg/queue/queue.go b/pkg/queue/queue.go
index de9acdd79e..0582cf7509 100644
--- a/pkg/queue/queue.go
+++ b/pkg/queue/queue.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 
 	kueue "sigs.k8s.io/kueue/apis/kueue/v1alpha1"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/metrics"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/workload"
 )
 
@@ -74,11 +73,3 @@ func (q *Queue) AddIfNotPresent(w *workload.Info) bool {
 	}
 	return false
 }
-
-func (q *Queue) reportPendingWorkloads() {
-	metrics.PendingWorkloads.WithLabelValues(q.ClusterQueue, q.Key).Set(float64(len(q.items)))
-}
-
-func (q *Queue) resetPendingWorkloads() {
-	metrics.PendingWorkloads.DeleteLabelValues(q.ClusterQueue, q.Key)
-}
diff --git a/test/integration/controller/core/clusterqueue_controller_test.go b/test/integration/controller/core/clusterqueue_controller_test.go
index c7d91d9ee3..fec231e6fd 100644
--- a/test/integration/controller/core/clusterqueue_controller_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/controller/core/clusterqueue_controller_test.go
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("ClusterQueue controller", func() {
 				PendingWorkloads: 5,
 				UsedResources:    emptyUsedResources,
 			}))
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(clusterQueue, 5)
 
 			ginkgo.By("Admitting workloads")
 			admissions := []*kueue.Admission{
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("ClusterQueue controller", func() {
 					},
 				},
 			}))
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(clusterQueue, 1)
 
 			ginkgo.By("Finishing workloads")
 			for _, w := range workloads {
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("ClusterQueue controller", func() {
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(testing.Equal(kueue.ClusterQueueStatus{
 				UsedResources: emptyUsedResources,
 			}))
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(clusterQueue, 0)
 		})
 	})
 })
diff --git a/test/integration/controller/core/queue_controller_test.go b/test/integration/controller/core/queue_controller_test.go
index 5d54363cd1..75ebbe75ef 100644
--- a/test/integration/controller/core/queue_controller_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/controller/core/queue_controller_test.go
@@ -82,7 +82,6 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Queue controller", func() {
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(queue), &updatedQueue)).To(gomega.Succeed())
 			return updatedQueue.Status
 		}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(testing.Equal(kueue.QueueStatus{PendingWorkloads: 3}))
-		framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 3)
 
 		ginkgo.By("Admitting workloads")
 		for _, w := range workloads {
@@ -99,7 +98,6 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Queue controller", func() {
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(queue), &updatedQueue)).To(gomega.Succeed())
 			return updatedQueue.Status
 		}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(testing.Equal(kueue.QueueStatus{PendingWorkloads: 0}))
-		framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 0)
 
 		ginkgo.By("Finishing workloads")
 		for _, w := range workloads {
diff --git a/test/integration/framework/framework.go b/test/integration/framework/framework.go
index 8ceaad20ce..673b9046a1 100644
--- a/test/integration/framework/framework.go
+++ b/test/integration/framework/framework.go
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ import (
 
 	kueue "sigs.k8s.io/kueue/apis/kueue/v1alpha1"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/metrics"
-	"sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/queue"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kueue/pkg/workload"
 	// +kubebuilder:scaffold:imports
 )
@@ -248,8 +247,8 @@ func ExpectWorkloadsToBeFrozen(ctx context.Context, k8sClient client.Client, cq
 	}, Timeout, Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(len(wls)), "Not enough workloads are frozen")
 }
 
-func ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(q *kueue.Queue, v int) {
-	metric := metrics.PendingWorkloads.WithLabelValues(string(q.Spec.ClusterQueue), queue.Key(q))
+func ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq *kueue.ClusterQueue, v int) {
+	metric := metrics.PendingWorkloads.WithLabelValues(cq.Name)
 	gomega.EventuallyWithOffset(1, func() int {
 		v, err := testutil.GetGaugeMetricValue(metric)
 		gomega.Expect(err).ToNot(gomega.HaveOccurred())
diff --git a/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go b/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
index 2a4c771fbe..11a71b46ee 100644
--- a/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
+++ b/test/integration/scheduler/scheduler_test.go
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				return createdProdJob1.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)))
 			gomega.Expect(createdProdJob1.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector[instanceKey]).Should(gomega.Equal(onDemandFlavor.Name))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(prodQueue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(prodClusterQ, 0)
 
 			ginkgo.By("checking a second no-fit prod job does not start")
 			prodJob2 := testing.MakeJob("prod-job2", ns.Name).Queue(prodQueue.Name).Request(corev1.ResourceCPU, "5").Obj()
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, lookupKey2, createdProdJob2)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 				return createdProdJob2.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.ConsistentDuration, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(true)))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(prodQueue, 1)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(prodClusterQ, 1)
 
 			ginkgo.By("checking a dev job starts")
 			devJob := testing.MakeJob("dev-job", ns.Name).Queue(devQueue.Name).Request(corev1.ResourceCPU, "5").Obj()
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				return createdDevJob.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)))
 			gomega.Expect(createdDevJob.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector[instanceKey]).Should(gomega.Equal(spotUntaintedFlavor.Name))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(devQueue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(devClusterQ, 0)
 
 			ginkgo.By("checking the second prod job starts when the first finishes")
 			createdProdJob1.Status.Conditions = append(createdProdJob1.Status.Conditions,
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				return createdProdJob2.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)))
 			gomega.Expect(createdProdJob2.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector[instanceKey]).Should(gomega.Equal(onDemandFlavor.Name))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(prodQueue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(prodClusterQ, 0)
 		})
 
 		ginkgo.It("Should schedule jobs according to their priorities", func() {
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 			gomega.Expect(createdHighPriorityWorkload.Spec.PriorityClassName).Should(gomega.Equal(highPriorityClass.Name))
 			gomega.Expect(*createdHighPriorityWorkload.Spec.Priority).Should(gomega.Equal(highPriorityClass.Value))
 
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(prodClusterQ, 0)
 			// delay creating the queue until after workloads are created.
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, queue)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 
@@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				return createdJob2.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)))
 
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 1)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(prodClusterQ, 1)
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -269,7 +270,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				return createdJob1.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)))
 			gomega.Expect(createdJob1.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector[instanceKey]).Should(gomega.Equal(onDemandFlavor.Name))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 0)
 
 			job2 := testing.MakeJob("on-demand-job2", ns.Name).Queue(queue.Name).Request(corev1.ResourceCPU, "4").Obj()
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, job2)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
@@ -279,7 +280,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, lookupKey, createdJob2)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 				return createdJob2.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.ConsistentDuration, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(true)))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 1)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 1)
 
 			job3 := testing.MakeJob("on-demand-job3", ns.Name).Queue(queue.Name).Request(corev1.ResourceCPU, "1").Obj()
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, job3)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				return createdJob3.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)))
 			gomega.Expect(createdJob3.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector[instanceKey]).Should(gomega.Equal(onDemandFlavor.Name))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 1)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 1)
 
 			ginkgo.By("deleting job1")
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Delete(ctx, job1, client.PropagationPolicy(metav1.DeletePropagationBackground))).Should(gomega.Succeed())
@@ -306,22 +307,22 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				return createdJob2.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)))
 			gomega.Expect(createdJob2.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector[instanceKey]).Should(gomega.Equal(onDemandFlavor.Name))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 0)
 		})
 
 		ginkgo.It("Should re-enqueue by the delete event of workload belonging to the same Cohort", func() {
-			fooCq := testing.MakeClusterQueue("foo-clusterqueue").
+			fooCQ := testing.MakeClusterQueue("foo-clusterqueue").
 				Cohort(cq.Spec.Cohort).
 				Resource(testing.MakeResource(corev1.ResourceCPU).
 					Flavor(testing.MakeFlavor(onDemandFlavor.Name, "5").Obj()).
 					Obj()).
 				Obj()
-			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, fooCq)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
+			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, fooCQ)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 			defer func() {
-				gomega.Expect(framework.DeleteClusterQueue(ctx, k8sClient, fooCq)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
+				gomega.Expect(framework.DeleteClusterQueue(ctx, k8sClient, fooCQ)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 			}()
 
-			fooQ := testing.MakeQueue("foo-queue", ns.Name).ClusterQueue(fooCq.Name).Obj()
+			fooQ := testing.MakeQueue("foo-queue", ns.Name).ClusterQueue(fooCQ.Name).Obj()
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, fooQ)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 
 			job1 := testing.MakeJob("on-demand-job1", ns.Name).Queue(fooQ.Name).Request(corev1.ResourceCPU, "8").Obj()
@@ -334,7 +335,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				return createdJob1.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)))
 			gomega.Expect(createdJob1.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector[instanceKey]).Should(gomega.Equal(onDemandFlavor.Name))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(fooQ, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(fooCQ, 0)
 
 			job2 := testing.MakeJob("on-demand-job2",
 				ns.Name).Queue(queue.Name).Request(corev1.ResourceCPU, "8").Obj()
@@ -345,7 +346,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, lookupKey, createdJob2)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 				return createdJob2.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.ConsistentDuration, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(true)))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 1)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 1)
 
 			job3 := testing.MakeJob("on-demand-job3", ns.Name).Queue(fooQ.Name).Request(corev1.ResourceCPU, "2").Obj()
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, job3)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
@@ -356,7 +357,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				return createdJob3.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)))
 			gomega.Expect(createdJob3.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector[instanceKey]).Should(gomega.Equal(onDemandFlavor.Name))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(fooQ, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(fooCQ, 0)
 
 			ginkgo.By("deleting job1")
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Delete(ctx, job1, client.PropagationPolicy(metav1.DeletePropagationBackground))).Should(gomega.Succeed())
@@ -373,7 +374,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				return createdJob2.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)))
 			gomega.Expect(createdJob2.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector[instanceKey]).Should(gomega.Equal(onDemandFlavor.Name))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 0)
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -409,7 +410,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, lookupKey, createdJob2)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 				return createdJob2.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.ConsistentDuration, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(true)))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 1)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 1)
 
 			ginkgo.By("updating ClusterQueue")
 			updatedCq := &kueue.ClusterQueue{}
@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				return createdJob2.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)))
 			gomega.Expect(createdJob2.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector[instanceKey]).Should(gomega.Equal(onDemandFlavor.Name))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 0)
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -471,7 +472,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: job.Name, Namespace: job.Namespace}, createdJob)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 				return createdJob.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(true)), "Job should be suspended")
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 1)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 1)
 
 			ginkgo.By("checking the job starts after updating namespace labels to match QC selector")
 			ns.Labels = map[string]string{"dep": "eng"}
@@ -480,37 +481,38 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, types.NamespacedName{Name: job.Name, Namespace: job.Namespace}, createdJob)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 				return createdJob.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)), "Job should be unsuspended")
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 0)
 		})
 	})
 
 	ginkgo.When("Referencing resourceFlavors in clusterQueue", func() {
 		var (
-			fooCq *kueue.ClusterQueue
+			fooCQ *kueue.ClusterQueue
 			fooQ  *kueue.Queue
 		)
 
 		ginkgo.BeforeEach(func() {
-			fooCq = testing.MakeClusterQueue("foo-cq").
+			fooCQ = testing.MakeClusterQueue("foo-cq").
 				QueueingStrategy(kueue.BestEffortFIFO).
 				Resource(testing.MakeResource(corev1.ResourceCPU).
 					Flavor(testing.MakeFlavor("foo-flavor", "15").Obj()).
 					Obj()).
 				Obj()
-			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, fooCq)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
-			fooQ = testing.MakeQueue("foo-queue", ns.Name).ClusterQueue(fooCq.Name).Obj()
+			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, fooCQ)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
+			fooQ = testing.MakeQueue("foo-queue", ns.Name).ClusterQueue(fooCQ.Name).Obj()
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, fooQ)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 		})
 
 		ginkgo.AfterEach(func() {
-			gomega.Expect(framework.DeleteClusterQueue(ctx, k8sClient, fooCq)).To(gomega.Succeed())
+			gomega.Expect(framework.DeleteClusterQueue(ctx, k8sClient, fooCQ)).To(gomega.Succeed())
 		})
 
 		ginkgo.It("Should be inactive until the flavor is created", func() {
 			ginkgo.By("Creating one workload")
 			wl := testing.MakeWorkload("workload", ns.Name).Queue(fooQ.Name).Request(corev1.ResourceCPU, "1").Obj()
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, wl)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
-			framework.ExpectWorkloadsToBeFrozen(ctx, k8sClient, fooCq.Name, wl)
+			framework.ExpectWorkloadsToBeFrozen(ctx, k8sClient, fooCQ.Name, wl)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(fooCQ, 1)
 
 			ginkgo.By("Creating foo flavor")
 			fooFlavor := testing.MakeResourceFlavor("foo-flavor").Obj()
@@ -518,7 +520,8 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				gomega.Expect(framework.DeleteResourceFlavor(ctx, k8sClient, fooFlavor)).To(gomega.Succeed())
 			}()
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, fooFlavor)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
-			framework.ExpectWorkloadsToBeAdmitted(ctx, k8sClient, fooCq.Name, wl)
+			framework.ExpectWorkloadsToBeAdmitted(ctx, k8sClient, fooCQ.Name, wl)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(fooCQ, 0)
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -562,13 +565,13 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(wl1), wlCopy)).To(gomega.Succeed())
 				return wlCopy.Spec.Admission
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(testing.Equal(expectAdmission))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 0)
 
 			ginkgo.By("checking a second workload without toleration doesn't start")
 			wl2 := testing.MakeWorkload("on-demand-wl2", ns.Name).Queue(queue.Name).Request(corev1.ResourceCPU, "5").Obj()
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, wl2)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 			framework.ExpectWorkloadsToBePending(ctx, k8sClient, wl2)
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 1)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 1)
 
 			ginkgo.By("checking a third workload with toleration starts")
 			wl3 := testing.MakeWorkload("on-demand-wl3", ns.Name).Queue(queue.Name).Toleration(spotToleration).Request(corev1.ResourceCPU, "5").Obj()
@@ -579,7 +582,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, client.ObjectKeyFromObject(wl3), wlCopy)).To(gomega.Succeed())
 				return wlCopy.Spec.Admission
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(testing.Equal(expectAdmission))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 1)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 1)
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -622,7 +625,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				return createdJob1.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)))
 			gomega.Expect(createdJob1.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector[instanceKey]).Should(gomega.Equal(spotUntaintedFlavor.Name))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 0)
 
 			ginkgo.By("checking a second job with affinity to on-demand")
 			job2 := testing.MakeJob("affinity-job", ns.Name).Queue(queue.Name).
@@ -637,7 +640,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.BeTrue())
 			gomega.Expect(len(createdJob2.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector)).Should(gomega.Equal(2))
 			gomega.Expect(createdJob2.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector[instanceKey]).Should(gomega.Equal(onDemandFlavor.Name))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 0)
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -678,7 +681,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, lookupKey, createdJob)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 				return createdJob.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.ConsistentDuration, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(true)))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 1)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 1)
 
 			ginkgo.By("checking the job starts when a fallback ClusterQueue gets added")
 			fallbackClusterQueue := testing.MakeClusterQueue("fallback-cq").
@@ -698,7 +701,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				return createdJob.Spec.Suspend
 			}, framework.Timeout, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(pointer.Bool(false)))
 			gomega.Expect(createdJob.Spec.Template.Spec.NodeSelector[instanceKey]).Should(gomega.Equal(onDemandFlavor.Name))
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 0)
 		})
 
 		ginkgo.It("Should schedule workloads borrowing quota from ClusterQueues in the same Cohort", func() {
@@ -736,8 +739,8 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, wl1)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, wl2)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 			framework.ExpectWorkloadsToBePending(ctx, k8sClient, wl1, wl2)
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(prodBEQueue, 1)
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(devBEQueue, 1)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(prodBEClusterQ, 1)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(devBEClusterQ, 1)
 
 			// Make sure workloads are in the same scheduling cycle.
 			testBEClusterQ := testing.MakeClusterQueue("test-be-cq").
@@ -754,8 +757,8 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 
 			framework.ExpectWorkloadsToBeAdmitted(ctx, k8sClient, prodBEClusterQ.Name, wl1)
 			framework.ExpectWorkloadsToBeAdmitted(ctx, k8sClient, devBEClusterQ.Name, wl2)
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(prodBEQueue, 0)
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(devBEQueue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(prodBEClusterQ, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(devBEClusterQ, 0)
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -789,7 +792,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, bigWl)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 
 			framework.ExpectWorkloadsToBeAdmitted(ctx, k8sClient, cq.Name, bigWl)
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 0)
 
 			smallWl1 := testing.MakeWorkload("small-wl-1", ns.Name).Queue(queue.Name).Request(corev1.ResourceCPU, "2.5").Obj()
 			smallWl2 := testing.MakeWorkload("small-wl-2", ns.Name).Queue(queue.Name).Request(corev1.ResourceCPU, "2.5").Obj()
@@ -798,7 +801,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 			gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Create(ctx, smallWl2)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 
 			framework.ExpectWorkloadsToBePending(ctx, k8sClient, smallWl1, smallWl2)
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 2)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 2)
 
 			ginkgo.By("Marking the big workload as finished")
 			framework.UpdateWorkloadStatus(ctx, k8sClient, bigWl, func(wl *kueue.Workload) {
@@ -809,7 +812,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 			})
 
 			framework.ExpectWorkloadsToBeAdmitted(ctx, k8sClient, cq.Name, smallWl1, smallWl2)
-			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(queue, 0)
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(cq, 0)
 		})
 	})
 
@@ -856,6 +859,7 @@ var _ = ginkgo.Describe("Scheduler", func() {
 				gomega.Expect(k8sClient.Get(ctx, lookupKey, wl3)).Should(gomega.Succeed())
 				return wl3.Spec.Admission == nil
 			}, framework.ConsistentDuration, framework.Interval).Should(gomega.Equal(true))
+			framework.ExpectPendingWorkloadsMetric(strictFIFOClusterQ, 2)
 		})
 	})
 })