diff --git a/internal/store/pod.go b/internal/store/pod.go
index 735d94792c..09a83d171b 100644
--- a/internal/store/pod.go
+++ b/internal/store/pod.go
@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ func createPodInitContainerInfoFamilyGenerator() generator.FamilyGenerator {
 		"",
 		wrapPodFunc(func(p *v1.Pod) *metric.Family {
 			ms := []*metric.Metric{}
-			labelKeys := []string{"container", "image_spec", "image", "image_id", "container_id", "type"}
+			labelKeys := []string{"container", "image_spec", "image", "image_id", "container_id", "restart_policy"}
 
 			for _, c := range p.Spec.InitContainers {
 				restartPolicy := ""
diff --git a/internal/store/pod_test.go b/internal/store/pod_test.go
index 4bab61241a..84f63cadb4 100644
--- a/internal/store/pod_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/pod_test.go
@@ -88,8 +88,8 @@ func TestPodStore(t *testing.T) {
 					},
 					InitContainers: []v1.Container{
 						{
-							Name:  "initContainer",
-							Image: "k8s.gcr.io/initfoo_spec",
+							Name:          "initContainer",
+							Image:         "k8s.gcr.io/initfoo_spec",
 							RestartPolicy: &restartPolicyAlways,
 						},
 					},
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func TestPodStore(t *testing.T) {
 				# TYPE kube_pod_init_container_info gauge
 				kube_pod_container_info{container="container2",container_id="docker://cd456",image_spec="k8s.gcr.io/hyperkube2_spec",image="k8s.gcr.io/hyperkube2",image_id="docker://sha256:bbb",namespace="ns2",pod="pod2",uid="uid2"} 1
 				kube_pod_container_info{container="container3",container_id="docker://ef789",image_spec="k8s.gcr.io/hyperkube3_spec",image="k8s.gcr.io/hyperkube3",image_id="docker://sha256:ccc",namespace="ns2",pod="pod2",uid="uid2"} 1
-				kube_pod_init_container_info{container="initContainer",container_id="docker://ef123",image_spec="k8s.gcr.io/initfoo_spec",image="k8s.gcr.io/initfoo",image_id="docker://sha256:wxyz",namespace="ns2",pod="pod2",uid="uid2",type="Always"} 1`,
+				kube_pod_init_container_info{container="initContainer",container_id="docker://ef123",image_spec="k8s.gcr.io/initfoo_spec",image="k8s.gcr.io/initfoo",image_id="docker://sha256:wxyz",namespace="ns2",pod="pod2",uid="uid2",restart_policy="Always"} 1`,
 			MetricNames: []string{"kube_pod_container_info", "kube_pod_init_container_info"},
 		},
 		{