diff --git a/docs/collector.hyperv.md b/docs/collector.hyperv.md
index 2fbd6ec3..1761cd54 100644
--- a/docs/collector.hyperv.md
+++ b/docs/collector.hyperv.md
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ Some metrics explained: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/chrisavi
 | `windows_hyperv_virtual_storage_device_bytes_written`               | Represents the total number of bytes that have been written on this virtual device.                     | counter | `device` |
 | `windows_hyperv_virtual_storage_device_operations_written_total`    | Represents the total number of write operations that have occurred on this virtual device.              | counter | `device` |
 | `windows_hyperv_virtual_storage_device_latency_seconds`             | Represents the average IO transfer latency for this virtual device.                                     | gauge   | `device` |
-| `windows_hyperv_virtual_storage_device_throughput`                  | Represents the average number of 8KB IO transfers completed by this virtual device.                     | gauge   | `device` |
+| `windows_hyperv_virtual_storage_device_throughput_total`            | Represents the total number of 8KB IO transfers completed by this virtual device.                       | counter | `device` |
 | `windows_hyperv_virtual_storage_device_normalized_throughput`       | Represents the average number of IO transfers completed by this virtual device.                         | gauge   | `device` |
 | `windows_hyperv_virtual_storage_device_lower_queue_length`          | Represents the average queue length on the underlying storage subsystem for this device.                | gauge   | `device` |
 | `windows_hyperv_virtual_storage_device_lower_latency_seconds`       | Represents the average IO transfer latency on the underlying storage subsystem for this virtual device. | gauge   | `device` |
diff --git a/internal/collector/hyperv/hyperv_virtual_storage_device.go b/internal/collector/hyperv/hyperv_virtual_storage_device.go
index d96eb046..5812ec43 100644
--- a/internal/collector/hyperv/hyperv_virtual_storage_device.go
+++ b/internal/collector/hyperv/hyperv_virtual_storage_device.go
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ func (c *Collector) buildVirtualStorageDevice() error {
 		nil,
 	)
 	c.virtualStorageDeviceThroughput = prometheus.NewDesc(
-		prometheus.BuildFQName(types.Namespace, Name, "virtual_storage_device_throughput"),
-		"Represents the average number of 8KB IO transfers completed by this virtual device.",
+		prometheus.BuildFQName(types.Namespace, Name, "virtual_storage_device_throughput_total"),
+		"Represents the total number of 8KB IO transfers completed by this virtual device.",
 		[]string{"device"},
 		nil,
 	)
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ func (c *Collector) collectVirtualStorageDevice(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) err
 
 		ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 			c.virtualStorageDeviceThroughput,
-			prometheus.GaugeValue,
+			prometheus.CounterValue,
 			data.VirtualStorageDeviceThroughput,
 			data.Name,
 		)