diff --git a/packages/beacon-node/src/metrics/metrics/beacon.ts b/packages/beacon-node/src/metrics/metrics/beacon.ts
index 1737a5a2468..685fd56674a 100644
--- a/packages/beacon-node/src/metrics/metrics/beacon.ts
+++ b/packages/beacon-node/src/metrics/metrics/beacon.ts
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ export function createBeaconMetrics(register: RegistryMetricCreator) {
       }),
       queuedAttestations: register.gauge({
         name: "beacon_fork_choice_queued_attestations_count",
-        help: "Current count of queued_attestations in fork choice data structures",
+        help: "Count of queued_attestations in fork choice per slot",
       }),
       validatedAttestationDatas: register.gauge({
         name: "beacon_fork_choice_validated_attestation_datas_count",
diff --git a/packages/fork-choice/src/forkChoice/forkChoice.ts b/packages/fork-choice/src/forkChoice/forkChoice.ts
index 6ca3fd3a183..1084ec8b8e0 100644
--- a/packages/fork-choice/src/forkChoice/forkChoice.ts
+++ b/packages/fork-choice/src/forkChoice/forkChoice.ts
@@ -94,6 +94,12 @@ export class ForkChoice implements IForkChoice {
     () => new MapDef(() => new Set())
   );
 
+  /**
+   * It's inconsistent to count number of queued attestations at different intervals of slot.
+   * Instead of that, we count number of queued attestations at the previous slot.
+   */
+  private queuedAttestationsPreviousSlot = 0;
+
   // Note: as of Jun 2022 Lodestar metrics show that 100% of the times updateHead() is called, synced = false.
   // Because we are processing attestations from gossip, recomputing scores is always necessary
   // /** Avoid having to compute deltas all the times. */
@@ -129,13 +135,9 @@ export class ForkChoice implements IForkChoice {
   }
 
   getMetrics(): ForkChoiceMetrics {
-    let numAttestations = 0;
-    for (const indicesByRoot of this.queuedAttestations.values()) {
-      numAttestations += Array.from(indicesByRoot.values()).reduce((acc, indices) => acc + indices.size, 0);
-    }
     return {
       votes: this.votes.length,
-      queuedAttestations: numAttestations,
+      queuedAttestations: this.queuedAttestationsPreviousSlot,
       validatedAttestationDatas: this.validatedAttestationDatas.size,
       balancesLength: this.balances.length,
       nodes: this.protoArray.nodes.length,
@@ -771,6 +773,7 @@ export class ForkChoice implements IForkChoice {
       this.onTick(previousSlot + 1);
     }
 
+    this.queuedAttestationsPreviousSlot = 0;
     // Process any attestations that might now be eligible.
     this.processAttestationQueue();
     this.validatedAttestationDatas = new Set();
@@ -1373,6 +1376,10 @@ export class ForkChoice implements IForkChoice {
             // equivocatingIndices was checked in onAttestation
             this.addLatestMessage(validatorIndex, targetEpoch, blockRootHex);
           }
+
+          if (slot === currentSlot - 1) {
+            this.queuedAttestationsPreviousSlot += validatorIndices.size;
+          }
         }
       } else {
         break;