diff --git a/pkg/scalers/azure_eventhub_scaler.go b/pkg/scalers/azure_eventhub_scaler.go
index 9db01737565..93f4a885f67 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/azure_eventhub_scaler.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/azure_eventhub_scaler.go
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ func (scaler *azureEventHubScaler) GetMetricSpecForScaling(context.Context) []v2
 	targetMetricVal := resource.NewQuantity(scaler.metadata.threshold, resource.DecimalSI)
 	externalMetric := &v2beta2.ExternalMetricSource{
 		Metric: v2beta2.MetricIdentifier{
-			Name: GenerateMetricNameWithIndex(scaler.metadata.scalerIndex, kedautil.NormalizeString(fmt.Sprintf("azure-eventhub-%s", scaler.metadata.eventHubInfo.EventHubConnection))),
+			Name: GenerateMetricNameWithIndex(scaler.metadata.scalerIndex, kedautil.NormalizeString(fmt.Sprintf("azure-eventhub-%s", scaler.metadata.eventHubInfo.EventHubConsumerGroup))),
 		},
 		Target: v2beta2.MetricTarget{
 			Type:         v2beta2.AverageValueMetricType,
diff --git a/pkg/scalers/azure_eventhub_scaler_test.go b/pkg/scalers/azure_eventhub_scaler_test.go
index 636f7f7ffdc..21eb02982a0 100644
--- a/pkg/scalers/azure_eventhub_scaler_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scalers/azure_eventhub_scaler_test.go
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ var parseEventHubMetadataDatasetWithPodIdentity = []parseEventHubMetadataTestDat
 }
 
 var eventHubMetricIdentifiers = []eventHubMetricIdentifier{
-	{&parseEventHubMetadataDataset[1], 0, "s0-azure-eventhub-none"},
-	{&parseEventHubMetadataDataset[1], 1, "s1-azure-eventhub-none"},
+	{&parseEventHubMetadataDataset[1], 0, "s0-azure-eventhub-testEventHubConsumerGroup"},
+	{&parseEventHubMetadataDataset[1], 1, "s1-azure-eventhub-testEventHubConsumerGroup"},
 }
 
 var testEventHubScaler = azureEventHubScaler{