diff --git a/pkg/cvo/metrics.go b/pkg/cvo/metrics.go
index db0332869..9385a11eb 100644
--- a/pkg/cvo/metrics.go
+++ b/pkg/cvo/metrics.go
@@ -259,9 +259,8 @@ func (m *operatorMetrics) Collect(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric) {
 			break
 		}
 		g := m.clusterOperatorUp.WithLabelValues(op.Name, firstVersion)
-		failing := resourcemerge.IsOperatorStatusConditionTrue(op.Status.Conditions, configv1.OperatorDegraded)
 		available := resourcemerge.IsOperatorStatusConditionTrue(op.Status.Conditions, configv1.OperatorAvailable)
-		if available && !failing {
+		if available {
 			g.Set(1)
 		} else {
 			g.Set(0)
diff --git a/pkg/cvo/metrics_test.go b/pkg/cvo/metrics_test.go
index b1a82d9a0..279b95155 100644
--- a/pkg/cvo/metrics_test.go
+++ b/pkg/cvo/metrics_test.go
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ func Test_operatorMetrics_Collect(t *testing.T) {
 					t.Fatalf("Unexpected metrics %s", spew.Sdump(metrics))
 				}
 				expectMetric(t, metrics[0], 0, map[string]string{"type": "current", "version": "", "image": "", "from_version": ""})
-				expectMetric(t, metrics[1], 0, map[string]string{"name": "test", "version": "10.1.5-1"})
+				expectMetric(t, metrics[1], 1, map[string]string{"name": "test", "version": "10.1.5-1"})
 				expectMetric(t, metrics[2], 1, map[string]string{"name": "test", "condition": "Available"})
 				expectMetric(t, metrics[3], 1, map[string]string{"name": "test", "condition": "Degraded"})
 				expectMetric(t, metrics[4], 1, map[string]string{"type": ""})