diff --git a/beacon-chain/rpc/endpoints.go b/beacon-chain/rpc/endpoints.go
index 1046781296..4b953a1b07 100644
--- a/beacon-chain/rpc/endpoints.go
+++ b/beacon-chain/rpc/endpoints.go
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ func (e *endpoint) handlerWithMiddleware() http.HandlerFunc {
 		handler.ServeHTTP(rw, r)
 
 		if rw.statusCode >= 400 {
-			httpErrorCount.WithLabelValues(r.URL.Path, http.StatusText(rw.statusCode), r.Method).Inc()
+			httpErrorCount.WithLabelValues(e.name, http.StatusText(rw.statusCode), r.Method).Inc()
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/changelog/pvl-metrics-fix.md b/changelog/pvl-metrics-fix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3414c0bbc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/pvl-metrics-fix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Fixed
+
+- http_error_count now matches the other cases by listing the endpoint name rather than the actual URL requested. This improves metrics cardinality.