diff --git a/pkg/promtail/target.go b/pkg/promtail/target.go
index 860ca8ceda4eb78ca81f7ee802c5d4055523a428..83c9a97f73f38cce6ccfb6195c09d3e1bb9095ad 100644
--- a/pkg/promtail/target.go
+++ b/pkg/promtail/target.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var (
 		Namespace: "promtail",
 		Name:      "read_bytes_total",
 		Help:      "Number of bytes read.",
-	}, []string{})
+	}, []string{"path"})
 )
 
 func init() {