diff --git a/collector/fixtures/e2e-output.txt b/collector/fixtures/e2e-output.txt
index cb1cbc67..9691e71f 100644
--- a/collector/fixtures/e2e-output.txt
+++ b/collector/fixtures/e2e-output.txt
@@ -2686,7 +2686,7 @@ node_nfsd_rpc_errors_total{error="auth"} 2
 node_nfsd_rpc_errors_total{error="cInt"} 0
 node_nfsd_rpc_errors_total{error="fmt"} 1
 # HELP node_nfsd_server_rpcs_total Total number of NFSd RPCs.
-# TYPE node_nfsd_server_rpcs_total gauge
+# TYPE node_nfsd_server_rpcs_total counter
 node_nfsd_server_rpcs_total 18628
 # HELP node_nfsd_server_threads Total number of NFSd kernel threads that are running.
 # TYPE node_nfsd_server_threads gauge
diff --git a/collector/nfsd_linux.go b/collector/nfsd_linux.go
index 1de614af..f4974460 100644
--- a/collector/nfsd_linux.go
+++ b/collector/nfsd_linux.go
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ func (c *nfsdCollector) updateNFSdServerRPCStats(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric, s
 			nil,
 			nil,
 		),
-		prometheus.GaugeValue,
+		prometheus.CounterValue,
 		float64(s.RPCCount))
 }