diff --git a/federationapi/queue/queue.go b/federationapi/queue/queue.go
index 1e342b6a9..dcd090856 100644
--- a/federationapi/queue/queue.go
+++ b/federationapi/queue/queue.go
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ type OutgoingQueues struct {
 	queues      map[gomatrixserverlib.ServerName]*destinationQueue
 }
 
+func init() {
+	prometheus.MustRegister(
+		destinationQueueTotal, destinationQueueRunning,
+		destinationQueueBackingOff,
+	)
+}
+
 var destinationQueueTotal = prometheus.NewGauge(
 	prometheus.GaugeOpts{
 		Namespace: "dendrite",
@@ -73,13 +80,6 @@ var destinationQueueBackingOff = prometheus.NewGauge(
 	},
 )
 
-func init() {
-	prometheus.MustRegister(
-		destinationQueueTotal, destinationQueueRunning,
-		destinationQueueBackingOff,
-	)
-}
-
 // NewOutgoingQueues makes a new OutgoingQueues
 func NewOutgoingQueues(
 	db storage.Database,