diff --git a/metrics/prometheus/collector.go b/metrics/prometheus/collector.go
index 8187f4af02..160b72bde2 100644
--- a/metrics/prometheus/collector.go
+++ b/metrics/prometheus/collector.go
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	typeGaugeTpl           = "# TYPE %s gauge\n"
-	typeCounterTpl         = "# TYPE %s counter\n"
 	typeSummaryTpl         = "# TYPE %s summary\n"
 	keyValueTpl            = "%s %v\n\n"
 	keyCounterTpl          = "%s %v\n"
@@ -82,11 +81,16 @@ func (c *collector) addMeter(name string, m metrics.Meter) {
 func (c *collector) addTimer(name string, m metrics.Timer) {
 	pv := []float64{0.5, 0.75, 0.95, 0.99, 0.999, 0.9999}
 	ps := m.Percentiles(pv)
-	c.writeCounter(name, m.Count())
+
+	var sum float64 = 0
 	c.buff.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(typeSummaryTpl, mutateKey(name)))
 	for i := range pv {
 		c.writeSummaryPercentile(name, strconv.FormatFloat(pv[i], 'f', -1, 64), ps[i])
+		sum += ps[i]
 	}
+
+	c.writeSummarySum(name, fmt.Sprintf("%f", sum))
+	c.writeSummaryCounter(name, len(ps))
 	c.buff.WriteRune('\n')
 }
 
@@ -118,12 +122,6 @@ func (c *collector) writeGaugeCounter(name string, value interface{}) {
 	c.buff.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(keyValueTpl, name, value))
 }
 
-func (c *collector) writeCounter(name string, value interface{}) {
-	name = mutateKey(name + "_count")
-	c.buff.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(typeCounterTpl, name))
-	c.buff.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(keyValueTpl, name, value))
-}
-
 func (c *collector) writeSummaryCounter(name string, value interface{}) {
 	name = mutateKey(name + "_count")
 	c.buff.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf(keyCounterTpl, name, value))
diff --git a/metrics/prometheus/collector_test.go b/metrics/prometheus/collector_test.go
index b1cc2aaf89..979fdbc6a3 100644
--- a/metrics/prometheus/collector_test.go
+++ b/metrics/prometheus/collector_test.go
@@ -80,9 +80,6 @@ test_histogram_count 6
 # TYPE test_meter gauge
 test_meter 9999999
 
-# TYPE test_timer_count counter
-test_timer_count 6
-
 # TYPE test_timer summary
 test_timer {quantile="0.5"} 2.25e+07
 test_timer {quantile="0.75"} 4.8e+07
@@ -90,6 +87,8 @@ test_timer {quantile="0.95"} 1.2e+08
 test_timer {quantile="0.99"} 1.2e+08
 test_timer {quantile="0.999"} 1.2e+08
 test_timer {quantile="0.9999"} 1.2e+08
+test_timer_sum 550500000.000000
+test_timer_count 6
 
 # TYPE test_resetting_timer summary
 test_resetting_timer {quantile="0.50"} 12000000