diff --git a/changes/ticket40581 b/changes/ticket40581
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..315215d8ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/ticket40581
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+  o Minor bugfixes (metrics port, onion service):
+    - Fix the metrics with a port label to be unique. Before this, all ports of
+      an onion service would be on the same line which violates the Prometheus
+      rules of unique labels. Fixes bug 40581; bugfix on 0.4.5.1-alpha.
diff --git a/src/feature/hs/hs_metrics.c b/src/feature/hs/hs_metrics.c
index 891029aded..a82d2ae370 100644
--- a/src/feature/hs/hs_metrics.c
+++ b/src/feature/hs/hs_metrics.c
@@ -59,19 +59,26 @@ init_store(hs_service_t *service)
   store = service->metrics.store;
 
   for (size_t i = 0; i < base_metrics_size; ++i) {
-    metrics_store_entry_t *entry =
-      metrics_store_add(store, base_metrics[i].type, base_metrics[i].name,
-                        base_metrics[i].help);
-
-    /* Add labels to the entry. */
-    metrics_store_entry_add_label(entry,
-                        format_label("onion", service->onion_address));
+    /* Add entries with port as label. We need one metric line per port. */
     if (base_metrics[i].port_as_label && service->config.ports) {
       SMARTLIST_FOREACH_BEGIN(service->config.ports,
                               const hs_port_config_t *, p) {
+        metrics_store_entry_t *entry =
+          metrics_store_add(store, base_metrics[i].type, base_metrics[i].name,
+                            base_metrics[i].help);
+
+        /* Add labels to the entry. */
         metrics_store_entry_add_label(entry,
-                      format_label("port", port_to_str(p->virtual_port)));
+                format_label("onion", service->onion_address));
+        metrics_store_entry_add_label(entry,
+                format_label("port", port_to_str(p->virtual_port)));
       } SMARTLIST_FOREACH_END(p);
+    } else {
+      metrics_store_entry_t *entry =
+        metrics_store_add(store, base_metrics[i].type, base_metrics[i].name,
+                          base_metrics[i].help);
+      metrics_store_entry_add_label(entry,
+              format_label("onion", service->onion_address));
     }
   }
 }