diff --git a/tempest/scenario/test_swift_telemetry_middleware.py b/tempest/scenario/test_swift_telemetry_middleware.py
index 302ccbe..29ce1a0 100644
--- a/tempest/scenario/test_swift_telemetry_middleware.py
+++ b/tempest/scenario/test_swift_telemetry_middleware.py
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
             called again.
             """
             results = self.telemetry_client.list_samples(
-                'storage.api.request')
+                'storage.objects.incoming.bytes')
             LOG.debug('got samples %s', results)
 
             # Extract container info from samples.