diff --git a/substrate/client/network/src/protocol/notifications/service/mod.rs b/substrate/client/network/src/protocol/notifications/service/mod.rs
index 6d9873f45d..dfb19daa28 100644
--- a/substrate/client/network/src/protocol/notifications/service/mod.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/network/src/protocol/notifications/service/mod.rs
@@ -338,7 +338,8 @@ impl NotificationService for NotificationHandle {
 	// Clone [`NotificationService`]
 	fn clone(&mut self) -> Result<Box<dyn NotificationService>, ()> {
 		let mut subscribers = self.subscribers.lock();
-		let (event_tx, event_rx) = tracing_unbounded("mpsc-notification-to-protocol", 100_000);
+
+		let (event_tx, event_rx) = tracing_unbounded(self.rx.name(), 100_000);
 		subscribers.push(event_tx);
 
 		Ok(Box::new(NotificationHandle {
@@ -624,7 +625,9 @@ pub fn notification_service(
 	protocol: ProtocolName,
 ) -> (ProtocolHandlePair, Box<dyn NotificationService>) {
 	let (cmd_tx, cmd_rx) = mpsc::channel(COMMAND_QUEUE_SIZE);
-	let (event_tx, event_rx) = tracing_unbounded("mpsc-notification-to-protocol", 100_000);
+
+	let (event_tx, event_rx) =
+		tracing_unbounded(metric_label_for_protocol(&protocol).leak(), 100_000);
 	let subscribers = Arc::new(Mutex::new(vec![event_tx]));
 
 	(
@@ -632,3 +635,14 @@ pub fn notification_service(
 		Box::new(NotificationHandle::new(protocol.clone(), cmd_tx, event_rx, subscribers)),
 	)
 }
+
+// Decorates the mpsc-notification-to-protocol metric with the name of the protocol,
+// to be able to distiguish between different protocols in dashboards.
+fn metric_label_for_protocol(protocol: &ProtocolName) -> String {
+	let protocol_name = protocol.to_string();
+	let keys = protocol_name.split("/").collect::<Vec<_>>();
+	keys.iter()
+		.rev()
+		.take(2) // Last two tokens give the protocol name and version
+		.fold("mpsc-notification-to-protocol".into(), |acc, val| format!("{}-{}", acc, val))
+}
diff --git a/substrate/client/utils/src/mpsc.rs b/substrate/client/utils/src/mpsc.rs
index c24a5bd890..91db7e1e7b 100644
--- a/substrate/client/utils/src/mpsc.rs
+++ b/substrate/client/utils/src/mpsc.rs
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ pub fn tracing_unbounded<T>(
 		warning_fired: Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false)),
 		creation_backtrace: Arc::new(Backtrace::force_capture()),
 	};
-	let receiver = TracingUnboundedReceiver { inner: r, name };
+	let receiver = TracingUnboundedReceiver { inner: r, name: name.into() };
 	(sender, receiver)
 }
 
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ impl<T> TracingUnboundedReceiver<T> {
 	pub fn len(&self) -> usize {
 		self.inner.len()
 	}
+
+	/// The name of this receiver
+	pub fn name(&self) -> &'static str {
+		self.name
+	}
 }
 
 impl<T> Drop for TracingUnboundedReceiver<T> {