diff --git a/plugins/other/kvm_io b/plugins/other/kvm_io
index 292c009d..8c62b44c 100755
--- a/plugins/other/kvm_io
+++ b/plugins/other/kvm_io
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ graph_args --base 1024
 
     for vm in vm_names:
         print "%s_read.label %s" % (vm, vm)
-        print "%s_read.type GAUGE" % vm
+        print "%s_read.type COUNTER" % vm
         print "%s_read.min 0" % vm
         print "%s_read.draw LINE1" % vm
         print "%s_read.info I/O used by virtual machine %s" % (vm, vm)
         print "%s_write.label %s" % (vm, vm)
-        print "%s_write.type GAUGE" % vm
+        print "%s_write.type COUNTER" % vm
         print "%s_write.min 0" % vm        
         print "%s_write.draw LINE1" % vm
         print "%s_write.negative %s_read" % (vm, vm)