diff --git a/PVE/Status/InfluxDB.pm b/PVE/Status/InfluxDB.pm
index f6442a9..de291de 100644
--- a/PVE/Status/InfluxDB.pm
+++ b/PVE/Status/InfluxDB.pm
@@ -150,8 +150,7 @@ sub update_storage_status {
     }
     $object =~ s/\s/\\ /g;
 
-    # type is already added in base $object above, so exclude it from being re-added
-    build_influxdb_payload($class, $txn, $data, $ctime, $object, { 'type' => 1 });
+    build_influxdb_payload($class, $txn, $data, $ctime, $object);
 }
 
 sub _send_batch_size {