diff --git a/pkg/rdt/prometheus.go b/pkg/rdt/prometheus.go
index 8a74ef4..8300bf5 100644
--- a/pkg/rdt/prometheus.go
+++ b/pkg/rdt/prometheus.go
@@ -127,10 +127,22 @@ func (c *collector) collectGroupMetrics(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric, g ResctrlGr
 		for feature, value := range data {
 			ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
 				c.describeL3(feature),
-				prometheus.CounterValue,
+				promValueTypeL3(feature),
 				float64(value),
 				labels...,
 			)
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+// promValueTypeL3 returns Prometheus value type for given L3 metric.
+func promValueTypeL3(feature string) prometheus.ValueType {
+	switch feature {
+	case "llc_occupancy":
+		return prometheus.GaugeValue
+	case "mbm_local_bytes", "mbm_total_bytes":
+		return prometheus.CounterValue
+	default:
+		return prometheus.GaugeValue
+	}
+}