diff --git a/metrics/desc.go b/metrics/desc.go
index 70eda008..3354da17 100644
--- a/metrics/desc.go
+++ b/metrics/desc.go
@@ -117,19 +117,13 @@ var appMetricsDesc = map[string]map[string]Description{
 			Help:           "Total number of s3 errors in current FrostFS S3 Gate instance",
 			VariableLabels: []string{"api"},
 		},
-		txBytesTotalMetric: Description{
-			Type:      dto.MetricType_GAUGE,
-			Namespace: namespace,
-			Subsystem: statisticSubsystem,
-			Name:      txBytesTotalMetric,
-			Help:      "Total number of bytes sent by current FrostFS S3 Gate instance",
-		},
-		rxBytesTotalMetric: Description{
-			Type:      dto.MetricType_GAUGE,
-			Namespace: namespace,
-			Subsystem: statisticSubsystem,
-			Name:      rxBytesTotalMetric,
-			Help:      "Total number of bytes received by current FrostFS S3 Gate instance",
+		bytesTotalMetric: Description{
+			Type:           dto.MetricType_GAUGE,
+			Namespace:      namespace,
+			Subsystem:      statisticSubsystem,
+			Name:           bytesTotalMetric,
+			Help:           "Total number of bytes sent/received by current FrostFS S3 Gate instance",
+			VariableLabels: []string{"direction"},
 		},
 	},
 }
diff --git a/metrics/stats.go b/metrics/stats.go
index aaa218d0..7f23c622 100644
--- a/metrics/stats.go
+++ b/metrics/stats.go
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ type (
 		currentS3RequestsDesc *prometheus.Desc
 		totalS3RequestsDesc   *prometheus.Desc
 		totalS3ErrorsDesc     *prometheus.Desc
-		txBytesTotalDesc      *prometheus.Desc
-		rxBytesTotalDesc      *prometheus.Desc
+		bytesTotalDesc        *prometheus.Desc
 	}
 
 	APIStatMetrics struct {
@@ -47,8 +46,12 @@ const (
 	requestsCurrentMetric = "requests_current"
 	requestsTotalMetric   = "requests_total"
 	errorsTotalMetric     = "errors_total"
-	txBytesTotalMetric    = "tx_bytes_total"
-	rxBytesTotalMetric    = "rx_bytes_total"
+	bytesTotalMetric      = "bytes_total"
+)
+
+const (
+	INDirection  = "IN"
+	OUTDirection = "OUT"
 )
 
 func newAPIStatMetrics() *APIStatMetrics {
@@ -132,8 +135,7 @@ func newHTTPStats() *httpStats {
 		currentS3RequestsDesc: newDesc(appMetricsDesc[statisticSubsystem][requestsCurrentMetric]),
 		totalS3RequestsDesc:   newDesc(appMetricsDesc[statisticSubsystem][requestsTotalMetric]),
 		totalS3ErrorsDesc:     newDesc(appMetricsDesc[statisticSubsystem][errorsTotalMetric]),
-		txBytesTotalDesc:      newDesc(appMetricsDesc[statisticSubsystem][txBytesTotalMetric]),
-		rxBytesTotalDesc:      newDesc(appMetricsDesc[statisticSubsystem][rxBytesTotalMetric]),
+		bytesTotalDesc:        newDesc(appMetricsDesc[statisticSubsystem][bytesTotalMetric]),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -141,8 +143,7 @@ func (s *httpStats) Describe(desc chan<- *prometheus.Desc) {
 	desc <- s.currentS3RequestsDesc
 	desc <- s.totalS3RequestsDesc
 	desc <- s.totalS3ErrorsDesc
-	desc <- s.txBytesTotalDesc
-	desc <- s.rxBytesTotalDesc
+	desc <- s.bytesTotalDesc
 }
 
 func (s *httpStats) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
@@ -159,8 +160,8 @@ func (s *httpStats) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 	}
 
 	// Network Sent/Received Bytes (Outbound)
-	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(s.txBytesTotalDesc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(s.getInputBytes()))
-	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(s.rxBytesTotalDesc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(s.getOutputBytes()))
+	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(s.bytesTotalDesc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(s.getInputBytes()), INDirection)
+	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(s.bytesTotalDesc, prometheus.CounterValue, float64(s.getOutputBytes()), OUTDirection)
 }
 
 // Inc increments the api stats counter.