diff --git a/cmd/gateway-common.go b/cmd/gateway-common.go
index d10bda345..09356721a 100644
--- a/cmd/gateway-common.go
+++ b/cmd/gateway-common.go
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ func gatewayHandleEnvVars() {
 
 // shouldMeterRequest checks whether incoming request should be added to prometheus gateway metrics
 func shouldMeterRequest(req *http.Request) bool {
-	return !(guessIsBrowserReq(req) || guessIsHealthCheckReq(req) || guessIsMetricsReq(req))
+	return req.URL != nil && !strings.HasPrefix(req.URL.Path, minioReservedBucketPath+slashSeparator)
 }
 
 // MetricsTransport is a custom wrapper around Transport to track metrics