diff --git a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_amqqueue_process.erl b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_amqqueue_process.erl
index 4824e00e0e23..ac2ca6f1fb81 100644
--- a/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_amqqueue_process.erl
+++ b/deps/rabbit/src/rabbit_amqqueue_process.erl
@@ -1205,7 +1205,7 @@ emit_stats(State, Extra) ->
      {messages, M},
      {reductions, R},
      {name, Name} | Infos]
-    = [{K, V} || {K, V} <- infos(statistics_keys(), State),
+    = [{K, V} || {K, V} <- infos(statistics_keys() -- [backing_queue_status], State),
                  not lists:member(K, ExtraKs)],
     rabbit_core_metrics:queue_stats(Name, Extra ++ Infos),
     rabbit_core_metrics:queue_stats(Name, MR, MU, M, R).