diff --git a/operators/endpointmetrics/manifests/prometheus/prometheusrules/kube-prometheus-node-recording.yaml b/operators/endpointmetrics/manifests/prometheus/prometheusrules/kube-prometheus-node-recording.yaml
index ceb7ebe31..23a3bbccd 100644
--- a/operators/endpointmetrics/manifests/prometheus/prometheusrules/kube-prometheus-node-recording.yaml
+++ b/operators/endpointmetrics/manifests/prometheus/prometheusrules/kube-prometheus-node-recording.yaml
@@ -22,6 +22,6 @@ spec:
       record: instance:node_cpu:ratio
     - expr: sum(rate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode!="idle",mode!="iowait",mode!="steal"}[5m]))
       record: cluster:node_cpu:sum_rate5m
-    - expr: cluster:node_cpu_seconds_total:rate5m / count(sum(node_cpu_seconds_total)
+    - expr: cluster:node_cpu:sum_rate5m / count(sum(node_cpu_seconds_total)
         BY (instance, cpu))
       record: cluster:node_cpu:ratio