diff --git a/vllm/engine/llm_engine.py b/vllm/engine/llm_engine.py
index 9a2d73a020c8f..e72dc81f35b67 100644
--- a/vllm/engine/llm_engine.py
+++ b/vllm/engine/llm_engine.py
@@ -1716,7 +1716,7 @@ def _get_stats(self,
             # not counted (to avoid double counting)
             actual_num_batched_tokens = scheduler_outputs.num_batched_tokens  # type: ignore
 
-            num_generation_tokens_from_prefill_groups = 0.
+            num_generation_tokens_from_prefill_groups = 0
             # NOTE: if scheduler_outputs.num_prefill_groups > 0 and
             # the len of scheduler_outputs.scheduled_seq_groups is !=
             # scheduler_outputs.num_prefill_groups, this means that
diff --git a/vllm/engine/metrics.py b/vllm/engine/metrics.py
index e896bcdded2d1..47472c274ccb6 100644
--- a/vllm/engine/metrics.py
+++ b/vllm/engine/metrics.py
@@ -512,6 +512,11 @@ def _log_gauge(self, gauge, data: Union[int, float]) -> None:
 
     def _log_counter(self, counter, data: Union[int, float]) -> None:
         # Convenience function for logging to counter.
+        # Prevent ValueError from negative increment
+        if data < 0:
+            logger.warning("Skipping negative increment of %g to %s", data,
+                           counter)
+            return
         counter.labels(**self.labels).inc(data)
 
     def _log_counter_labels(self, counter, data: CollectionsCounter,