diff --git a/pkg/ingester/owned_streams.go b/pkg/ingester/owned_streams.go
index 7a405d684dc5..db9d0e94715f 100644
--- a/pkg/ingester/owned_streams.go
+++ b/pkg/ingester/owned_streams.go
@@ -3,13 +3,20 @@ package ingester
 import (
 	"sync"
 
-	"github.com/grafana/dskit/services"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus/promauto"
 	"go.uber.org/atomic"
+
+	"github.com/grafana/loki/v3/pkg/util/constants"
 )
 
-type ownedStreamService struct {
-	services.Service
+var notOwnedStreamsMetric = promauto.NewGaugeVec(prometheus.GaugeOpts{
+	Namespace: constants.Loki,
+	Name:      "ingester_not_owned_streams",
+	Help:      "The total number of not owned streams in memory per tenant.",
+}, []string{"tenant"})
 
+type ownedStreamService struct {
 	tenantID            string
 	limiter             *Limiter
 	fixedLimit          *atomic.Int32
@@ -53,6 +60,7 @@ func (s *ownedStreamService) incOwnedStreamCount() {
 func (s *ownedStreamService) incNotOwnedStreamCount() {
 	s.lock.Lock()
 	defer s.lock.Unlock()
+	notOwnedStreamsMetric.WithLabelValues(s.tenantID).Inc()
 	s.notOwnedStreamCount++
 }
 
@@ -60,6 +68,7 @@ func (s *ownedStreamService) decOwnedStreamCount() {
 	s.lock.Lock()
 	defer s.lock.Unlock()
 	if s.notOwnedStreamCount > 0 {
+		notOwnedStreamsMetric.WithLabelValues(s.tenantID).Dec()
 		s.notOwnedStreamCount--
 		return
 	}
@@ -71,4 +80,5 @@ func (s *ownedStreamService) resetStreamCounts() {
 	defer s.lock.Unlock()
 	s.ownedStreamCount = 0
 	s.notOwnedStreamCount = 0
+	notOwnedStreamsMetric.WithLabelValues(s.tenantID).Set(0)
 }