diff --git a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine_api.erl b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine_api.erl
index b2766e0e0..a6220ee9f 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine_api.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_engine_api.erl
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@
         , show_rule/2
         , delete_rule/2
         , reset_metrics/2
+        , reset_metrics_local/1
         ]).
 
 -export([ list_actions/2
@@ -260,8 +261,10 @@ delete_rule(#{id := Id}, _Params) ->
     ok = emqx_rule_engine:delete_rule(Id),
     return(ok).
 
+reset_metrics_local(Id) -> emqx_rule_metrics:reset_metrics(Id).
+
 reset_metrics(#{id := Id}, _Params) ->
-    ok = emqx_rule_metrics:reset_metrics(Id),
+    _ = ?CLUSTER_CALL(reset_metrics_local, [Id]),
     return(ok).
 
 %%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_metrics.erl b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_metrics.erl
index a725ca35d..f9e60877f 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_metrics.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/src/emqx_rule_metrics.erl
@@ -94,14 +94,14 @@
 -define(SAMPCOUNT_5M, (?SECS_5M div ?SAMPLING)).
 
 -record(rule_speed, {
-            max = 0 :: number(),
-            current = 0 :: number(),
-            last5m = 0 :: number(),
+            max = 0.0 :: float(),
+            current = 0.0 :: float(),
+            last5m = 0.0 :: float(),
             %% metadata for calculating the avg speed
-            tick = 1 :: number(),
-            last_v = 0 :: number(),
+            tick = 1 :: integer(),
+            last_v = 0 :: integer(),
             %% metadata for calculating the 5min avg speed
-            last5m_acc = 0 :: number(),
+            last5m_acc = 0.0 :: float(),
             last5m_smpl = [] :: list()
         }).
 
diff --git a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/test/emqx_rule_engine_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/test/emqx_rule_engine_SUITE.erl
index 562254285..78bfbcad8 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_rule_engine/test/emqx_rule_engine_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_rule_engine/test/emqx_rule_engine_SUITE.erl
@@ -377,15 +377,11 @@ t_reset_metrics(_Config) ->
       end
       || _ <- lists:seq(1,10)],
     emqx_rule_metrics:reset_metrics(Id),
-    Expected = #{exception => 0, failed => 0, matched => 0, no_result => 0,
-                 passed => 0, speed => 0.0, speed_last5m => 0.0, speed_max => 0},
-    Got = emqx_rule_metrics:get_rule_metrics(Id),
-    %% use == instead of =:=, so that 0 and 0.0 are compared equal
-    case Expected == Got of
-        true -> ok;
-        false -> ?assertEqual(Expected, Got)
-    end,
-    ?assertEqual(#{failed => 0, success => 0, taken => 0},
+    ?assertEqual(#{exception => 0,failed => 0,
+                   matched => 0,no_result => 0,passed => 0,
+                   speed => 0.0,speed_last5m => 0.0,speed_max => 0.0},
+                 emqx_rule_metrics:get_rule_metrics(Id)),
+    ?assertEqual(#{failed => 0,success => 0,taken => 0},
                    emqx_rule_metrics:get_action_metrics(ResId)),
     emqtt:stop(Client),
     emqx_rule_registry:remove_rule(Id),