diff --git a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/metrics/metrics.go b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/metrics/metrics.go
index 97b897436709..e0d83b02cacb 100644
--- a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func collectUpgradingDurationMetric(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric, clk clock.Clock
 
 func collectLimitedSupportMetric(ch chan<- prometheus.Metric, hcluster *hyperv1.HostedCluster, hclusterLabelValues []string) {
 	limitedSupportValue := 0.0
-	if _, ok := hcluster.Labels[hyperv1.LimitedSupportLabel]; ok {
+	if v, ok := hcluster.Labels[hyperv1.LimitedSupportLabel]; ok && v == "true" {
 		limitedSupportValue = 1.0
 	}
 	ch <- prometheus.MustNewConstMetric(
diff --git a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/metrics/metrics_test.go b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/metrics/metrics_test.go
index f6ee01445419..8f077294c4ab 100644
--- a/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/metrics/metrics_test.go
+++ b/hypershift-operator/controllers/hostedcluster/metrics/metrics_test.go
@@ -383,10 +383,20 @@ func TestReportLimitedSuportEnabled(t *testing.T) {
 		expected *dto.MetricFamily
 	}{
 		{
-			name:     "When limited support label is set, metric is reported as one",
+			name:     "When limited support label is set to true, metric is reported as one",
 			labels:   map[string]string{hyperv1.LimitedSupportLabel: "true"},
 			expected: wrapExpectedValueAsMetric(1),
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "When limited support label is set to false, metric is reported as zero",
+			labels:   map[string]string{hyperv1.LimitedSupportLabel: "false"},
+			expected: wrapExpectedValueAsMetric(0),
+		},
+		{
+			name:     "When limited support label is set to anything unsupported, metric is reported as zero",
+			labels:   map[string]string{hyperv1.LimitedSupportLabel: "foo"},
+			expected: wrapExpectedValueAsMetric(0),
+		},
 		{
 			name:     "When limited support label is not set, metric is reported as zero",
 			labels:   map[string]string{},