diff --git a/pkg/collector/corechecks/containers/kubelet/provider/kubelet/provider.go b/pkg/collector/corechecks/containers/kubelet/provider/kubelet/provider.go
index c5f0725dab3e53..ea3d40af9c990e 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/corechecks/containers/kubelet/provider/kubelet/provider.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/corechecks/containers/kubelet/provider/kubelet/provider.go
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ func (p *Provider) appendPodTagsToVolumeMetrics(metricFam *prom.MetricFamily, se
 		pvcName := metric.Metric["persistentvolumeclaim"]
 		namespace := metric.Metric["namespace"]
 		if pvcName == "" || namespace == "" || p.filter.IsExcluded(nil, "", "", string(namespace)) {
-			return
+			continue
 		}
 		tags := p.MetricTags(metric)
 		if podTags := p.podUtils.GetPodTagsByPVC(string(namespace), string(pvcName)); len(podTags) > 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/collector/corechecks/containers/kubelet/provider/kubelet/provider_test.go b/pkg/collector/corechecks/containers/kubelet/provider/kubelet/provider_test.go
index dc00b58d4eaf7d..3c3046f05a48ac 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/corechecks/containers/kubelet/provider/kubelet/provider_test.go
+++ b/pkg/collector/corechecks/containers/kubelet/provider/kubelet/provider_test.go
@@ -285,6 +285,16 @@ func (suite *ProviderTestSuite) TestPVCMetricsExcludedByNamespace() {
 		suite.T().Fatalf("unexpected error returned by call to provider.Provide: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	// namespace not filtered still shows up
+	podWithPVCNotFilteredTags := append(commontesting.InstanceTags, "persistentvolumeclaim:ddagent-pvc-ddagent-test-2", "namespace:unit-test")
+
+	suite.mockSender.AssertMetricTaggedWith(suite.T(), "Gauge", common.KubeletMetricsPrefix+"kubelet.volume.stats.capacity_bytes", podWithPVCNotFilteredTags)
+	suite.mockSender.AssertMetricTaggedWith(suite.T(), "Gauge", common.KubeletMetricsPrefix+"kubelet.volume.stats.used_bytes", podWithPVCNotFilteredTags)
+	suite.mockSender.AssertMetricTaggedWith(suite.T(), "Gauge", common.KubeletMetricsPrefix+"kubelet.volume.stats.available_bytes", podWithPVCNotFilteredTags)
+	suite.mockSender.AssertMetricTaggedWith(suite.T(), "Gauge", common.KubeletMetricsPrefix+"kubelet.volume.stats.inodes", podWithPVCNotFilteredTags)
+	suite.mockSender.AssertMetricTaggedWith(suite.T(), "Gauge", common.KubeletMetricsPrefix+"kubelet.volume.stats.inodes_used", podWithPVCNotFilteredTags)
+	suite.mockSender.AssertMetricTaggedWith(suite.T(), "Gauge", common.KubeletMetricsPrefix+"kubelet.volume.stats.inodes_free", podWithPVCNotFilteredTags)
+
 	// pvc tags show up
 	podWithPVCTags := append(commontesting.InstanceTags, "persistentvolumeclaim:www-web-2", "namespace:default", "kube_namespace:default", "kube_service:nginx", "kube_stateful_set:web", "namespace:default")
 
diff --git a/pkg/collector/corechecks/containers/kubelet/testdata/kubelet_metrics.txt b/pkg/collector/corechecks/containers/kubelet/testdata/kubelet_metrics.txt
index 0a97c3c4e8a250..19a992b16646d5 100644
--- a/pkg/collector/corechecks/containers/kubelet/testdata/kubelet_metrics.txt
+++ b/pkg/collector/corechecks/containers/kubelet/testdata/kubelet_metrics.txt
@@ -445,11 +445,11 @@ kubelet_volume_stats_inodes_used{namespace="default",persistentvolumeclaim="www2
 kubelet_volume_stats_inodes_used{namespace="default",persistentvolumeclaim="web-2-ephemeralvolume"} 17955
 # HELP kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes Number of used bytes in the volume
 # TYPE kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes gauge
-kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes{namespace="unit-test",persistentvolumeclaim="ddagent-pvc-ddagent-test-2"} 2.319220736e+09
-kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes{namespace="unit-test",persistentvolumeclaim="ddagent-pvc-ddagent-test-3"} 1.53286656e+09
 kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes{namespace="default",persistentvolumeclaim="www-web-2"} 2.319220736e+09
 kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes{namespace="default",persistentvolumeclaim="www2-web-3"} 1.53286656e+09
 kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes{namespace="default",persistentvolumeclaim="web-2-ephemeralvolume"} 1.53286656e+09
+kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes{namespace="unit-test",persistentvolumeclaim="ddagent-pvc-ddagent-test-2"} 2.319220736e+09
+kubelet_volume_stats_used_bytes{namespace="unit-test",persistentvolumeclaim="ddagent-pvc-ddagent-test-3"} 1.53286656e+09
 # HELP kubernetes_build_info A metric with a constant '1' value labeled by major, minor, git version, git commit, git tree state, build date, Go version, and compiler from which Kubernetes was built, and platform on which it is running.
 # TYPE kubernetes_build_info gauge
 kubernetes_build_info{buildDate="2018-03-26T16:44:10Z",compiler="gc",gitCommit="fc32d2f3698e36b93322a3465f63a14e9f0eaead",gitTreeState="clean",gitVersion="v1.10.0",goVersion="go1.9.3",major="1",minor="10",platform="linux/amd64"} 1
diff --git a/releasenotes/notes/kubelet-core-volume-metrics-fix-a95e22dbc29dea88.yaml b/releasenotes/notes/kubelet-core-volume-metrics-fix-a95e22dbc29dea88.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2e5c587b4576c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/releasenotes/notes/kubelet-core-volume-metrics-fix-a95e22dbc29dea88.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Each section from every release note are combined when the
+# CHANGELOG.rst is rendered. So the text needs to be worded so that
+# it does not depend on any information only available in another
+# section. This may mean repeating some details, but each section
+# must be readable independently of the other.
+#
+# Each section note must be formatted as reStructuredText.
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    Fixes issue with the kubelet corecheck where `kubernetes.kubelet.volume.*` metrics
+    were not properly being reported if any matching namespace exclusion filter was present.