diff --git a/pkg/util/workqueue/prometheus/prometheus.go b/pkg/util/workqueue/prometheus/prometheus.go
index c2f2cfce52..6f5cf38f09 100644
--- a/pkg/util/workqueue/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/pkg/util/workqueue/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ func (prometheusMetricsProvider) NewUnfinishedWorkSecondsMetric(name string) wor
 func (prometheusMetricsProvider) NewLongestRunningProcessorMicrosecondsMetric(name string) workqueue.SettableGaugeMetric {
 	unfinished := prometheus.NewGauge(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 		Subsystem: name,
-		Name:      "longest_running_procesor_microseconds",
+		Name:      "longest_running_processor_microseconds",
 		Help: "How many microseconds has the longest running " +
 			"processor for " + name + " been running.",
 	})