diff --git a/internal/store/job.go b/internal/store/job.go
index 6e0e97b218..8dd53b0a19 100644
--- a/internal/store/job.go
+++ b/internal/store/job.go
@@ -219,10 +219,10 @@ func jobMetricFamilies(allowAnnotationsList, allowLabelsList []string) []generat
 					}
 				}
 
+				reasonKnown := false
 				for _, c := range j.Status.Conditions {
 					condition := c
 					if condition.Type == v1batch.JobFailed {
-						reasonKnown := false
 						for _, reason := range jobFailureReasons {
 							reasonKnown = reasonKnown || failureReason(&condition, reason)
 
@@ -233,16 +233,16 @@ func jobMetricFamilies(allowAnnotationsList, allowLabelsList []string) []generat
 								Value:       boolFloat64(failureReason(&condition, reason)),
 							})
 						}
-						// for unknown reasons
-						if !reasonKnown {
-							ms = append(ms, &metric.Metric{
-								LabelKeys:   []string{"reason"},
-								LabelValues: []string{""},
-								Value:       float64(j.Status.Failed),
-							})
-						}
 					}
 				}
+				// for unknown reasons
+				if !reasonKnown {
+					ms = append(ms, &metric.Metric{
+						LabelKeys:   []string{"reason"},
+						LabelValues: []string{""},
+						Value:       float64(j.Status.Failed),
+					})
+				}
 
 				return &metric.Family{
 					Metrics: ms,
diff --git a/internal/store/job_test.go b/internal/store/job_test.go
index b45ac1ab15..b808c321b5 100644
--- a/internal/store/job_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/job_test.go
@@ -208,6 +208,28 @@ func TestJobStore(t *testing.T) {
 				kube_job_status_failed{job_name="FailedJob1",namespace="ns1",reason="Evicted"} 0
 				kube_job_status_start_time{job_name="FailedJob1",namespace="ns1"} 1.495807207e+09
 				kube_job_status_succeeded{job_name="FailedJob1",namespace="ns1"} 0
+`,
+		},
+		{
+			Obj: &v1batch.Job{
+				ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{
+					Name:      "FailedJobWithNoConditions",
+					Namespace: "ns1",
+				},
+				Status: v1batch.JobStatus{
+					Failed: 1,
+				},
+				Spec: v1batch.JobSpec{
+					ActiveDeadlineSeconds: &ActiveDeadlineSeconds900,
+				},
+			},
+			Want: metadata + `
+				kube_job_owner{job_name="FailedJobWithNoConditions",namespace="ns1",owner_is_controller="",owner_kind="",owner_name=""} 1
+				kube_job_info{job_name="FailedJobWithNoConditions",namespace="ns1"} 1
+				kube_job_spec_active_deadline_seconds{job_name="FailedJobWithNoConditions",namespace="ns1"} 900
+				kube_job_status_active{job_name="FailedJobWithNoConditions",namespace="ns1"} 0
+				kube_job_status_failed{job_name="FailedJobWithNoConditions",namespace="ns1",reason=""} 1
+				kube_job_status_succeeded{job_name="FailedJobWithNoConditions",namespace="ns1"} 0
 `,
 		},
 		{