diff --git a/promql/engine.go b/promql/engine.go
index 20f2faf22..5bd3b7e17 100644
--- a/promql/engine.go
+++ b/promql/engine.go
@@ -224,8 +224,9 @@ func NewEngine(logger log.Logger, reg prometheus.Registerer, maxConcurrent int,
 		reg.MustRegister(
 			metrics.currentQueries,
 			metrics.maxConcurrentQueries,
-			metrics.queryInnerEval,
+			metrics.queryQueueTime,
 			metrics.queryPrepareTime,
+			metrics.queryInnerEval,
 			metrics.queryResultSort,
 		)
 	}