diff --git a/plugins/metrics/plugin.go b/plugins/metrics/plugin.go
index a60b7be6f95dfdd1d71a5e105eedb420687e3527..3e2605be42ef842d2d7314e73ed25b34404b054d 100644
--- a/plugins/metrics/plugin.go
+++ b/plugins/metrics/plugin.go
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ func run(_ *node.Plugin) {
 				measureMessageTips()
 				measureValueTips()
 				measureReceivedMPS()
+				measureRequestQueueSize()
 
 				// gossip network traffic
 				g := gossipCurrentTraffic()