diff --git a/core/corehttp/metrics.go b/core/corehttp/metrics.go
index e7f36113bda..c3dbde0ac01 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/metrics.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/metrics.go
@@ -160,9 +160,18 @@ func (c IpfsNodeCollector) PeersTotalValues() map[string]float64 {
 	if c.Node.PeerHost == nil {
 		return vals
 	}
-	for _, conn := range c.Node.PeerHost.Network().Conns() {
+	for _, peerID := range c.Node.PeerHost.Network().Peers() {
+		// Each peer may have more than one connection (see for an explanation
+		// https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-swarm/commit/0538806), so we grab
+		// only one, the first (an arbitrary and non-deterministic choice), which
+		// according to ConnsToPeer is the oldest connection in the list
+		// (https://github.com/libp2p/go-libp2p-swarm/blob/v0.2.6/swarm.go#L362-L364).
+		conns := c.Node.PeerHost.Network().ConnsToPeer(peerID)
+		if len(conns) == 0 {
+			continue
+		}
 		tr := ""
-		for _, proto := range conn.RemoteMultiaddr().Protocols() {
+		for _, proto := range conns[0].RemoteMultiaddr().Protocols() {
 			tr = tr + "/" + proto.Name
 		}
 		vals[tr] = vals[tr] + 1
diff --git a/core/corehttp/metrics_test.go b/core/corehttp/metrics_test.go
index dc3b68bc945..76f79d2ee2d 100644
--- a/core/corehttp/metrics_test.go
+++ b/core/corehttp/metrics_test.go
@@ -44,11 +44,13 @@ func TestPeersTotal(t *testing.T) {
 
 	node := &core.IpfsNode{PeerHost: hosts[0]}
 	collector := IpfsNodeCollector{Node: node}
-	actual := collector.PeersTotalValues()
-	if len(actual) != 1 {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 1 peers transport, got %d, transport map %v", len(actual), actual)
+	peersTransport := collector.PeersTotalValues()
+	if len(peersTransport) > 2 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected at most 2 peers transport (tcp and upd/quic), got %d, transport map %v",
+			len(peersTransport), peersTransport)
 	}
-	if actual["/ip4/tcp"] != float64(3) {
-		t.Fatalf("expected 3 peers, got %f", actual["/ip4/tcp"])
+	totalPeers := peersTransport["/ip4/tcp"] + peersTransport["/ip4/udp/quic"]
+	if totalPeers != 3 {
+		t.Fatalf("expected 3 peers in either tcp or upd/quic transport, got %f", totalPeers)
 	}
 }