diff --git a/docs/sources/installation/helm/reference.md b/docs/sources/installation/helm/reference.md
index 582cc3110d..98b6ee60f1 100644
--- a/docs/sources/installation/helm/reference.md
+++ b/docs/sources/installation/helm/reference.md
@@ -1968,6 +1968,7 @@ null
 			<td><pre lang="json">
 {
   "annotations": {},
+  "enabled": true,
   "labels": {},
   "remoteWrite": null
 }
@@ -1981,6 +1982,15 @@ null
 			<td><pre lang="json">
 {}
 </pre>
+</td>
+		</tr>
+		<tr>
+			<td>monitoring.serviceMonitor.metricsInstance.enabled</td>
+			<td>bool</td>
+			<td>If enabled, MetricsInstance resources for Grafana Agent Operator are created</td>
+			<td><pre lang="json">
+true
+</pre>
 </td>
 		</tr>
 		<tr>
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/templates/monitoring/metrics-instance.yaml b/production/helm/loki/templates/monitoring/metrics-instance.yaml
index b7205dcb22..014b21a4c6 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/templates/monitoring/metrics-instance.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/templates/monitoring/metrics-instance.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- if .Values.monitoring.serviceMonitor.enabled }}
+{{- if and .Values.monitoring.serviceMonitor.enabled .Values.monitoring.serviceMonitor.metricsInstance.enabled  }}
 {{- with .Values.monitoring.serviceMonitor.metricsInstance }}
 apiVersion: monitoring.grafana.com/v1alpha1
 kind: MetricsInstance
diff --git a/production/helm/loki/values.yaml b/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
index ecd64d046c..8e1522d85c 100644
--- a/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
+++ b/production/helm/loki/values.yaml
@@ -633,6 +633,8 @@ monitoring:
     tlsConfig: null
     # -- If defined, will create a MetricsInstance for the Grafana Agent Operator.
     metricsInstance:
+      # -- If enabled, MetricsInstance resources for Grafana Agent Operator are created
+      enabled: true
       # -- MerticsInstance annotations
       annotations: {}
       # -- Additional MatricsInstance labels