1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py b/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
index 68285a7594..a4188eb099 100644
--- a/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
+++ b/synapse/util/caches/descriptors.py
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ class Cache(object):
         self.name = name
         self.keylen = keylen
         self.thread = None
-        self.metrics = register_cache(name, self.cache)
+        self.metrics = register_cache("descriptor", name, self.cache)
 
     def _on_evicted(self, evicted_count):
         self.metrics.inc_evictions(evicted_count)