diff --git a/userspace/falco/falco_metrics.cpp b/userspace/falco/falco_metrics.cpp
index 0ef652ab0e3..883bdd8a48f 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/falco_metrics.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/falco_metrics.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,8 @@ std::string falco_metrics::to_text(const falco::app::state& state)
 
 			prometheus_metrics_converter.convert_metric_to_unit_convention(metric);
 			prometheus_text += prometheus_metrics_converter.convert_metric_to_text_prometheus(metric, "falcosecurity", "falco");
-			for (size_t i = 0; i < rule_stats_manager.get_by_rule_id().size(); i++)
+			const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<std::atomic<uint64_t>>>& rules_by_id = rule_stats_manager.get_by_rule_id();
+			for (size_t i = 0; i < rules_by_id.size(); i++)
 			{
 				auto rule = rules.at(i);
 				std::string rules_metric_name = "rules." + rule->name;
@@ -176,7 +177,7 @@ std::string falco_metrics::to_text(const falco::app::state& state)
 																	METRIC_VALUE_TYPE_U64,
 																	METRIC_VALUE_UNIT_COUNT,
 																	METRIC_VALUE_METRIC_TYPE_MONOTONIC,
-																	rule_stats_manager.get_by_rule_id()[i]->load());
+																	rules_by_id[i]->load());
 				prometheus_metrics_converter.convert_metric_to_unit_convention(metric);
 				const std::map<std::string, std::string>& const_labels = {
 					{"priority", std::to_string(rule->priority)},
diff --git a/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp b/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp
index 0d70cdc7584..6c6f7cdca86 100644
--- a/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp
+++ b/userspace/falco/stats_writer.cpp
@@ -384,14 +384,16 @@ void stats_writer::collector::get_metrics_output_fields_additional(
 		const stats_manager& rule_stats_manager = m_writer->m_engine->get_rule_stats_manager();
 		const indexed_vector<falco_rule>& rules = m_writer->m_engine->get_rules();
 		output_fields["falco.rules.matches_total"] = rule_stats_manager.get_total().load();
-		for (size_t i = 0; i < rule_stats_manager.get_by_rule_id().size(); i++)
+		const std::vector<std::unique_ptr<std::atomic<uint64_t>>>& rules_by_id = rule_stats_manager.get_by_rule_id();
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < rules_by_id.size(); i++)
 		{
-			auto rule_count = rule_stats_manager.get_by_rule_id()[i]->load();
+			auto rule_count = rules_by_id[i]->load();
 			if (rule_count == 0 && !m_writer->m_config->m_metrics_include_empty_values)
 			{
 				continue;
 			}
-			std::string rules_metric_name = "falco.rules." + rules.at(i)->name;
+			auto rule = rules.at(i);
+			std::string rules_metric_name = "falco.rules." + rule->name;
 			output_fields[rules_metric_name] = rule_count;
 		}
 	}