diff --git a/jicofo/src/main/java/org/jitsi/jicofo/jibri/JibriSession.java b/jicofo/src/main/java/org/jitsi/jicofo/jibri/JibriSession.java
index 2d7a8590c4..4279f5a1eb 100644
--- a/jicofo/src/main/java/org/jitsi/jicofo/jibri/JibriSession.java
+++ b/jicofo/src/main/java/org/jitsi/jicofo/jibri/JibriSession.java
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ synchronized public void start()
         {
             JibriStats.sessionFailed(getJibriType());
 
-            if (e instanceof StartException.NotAvailable)
+            if (e instanceof StartException.NotAvailable || e instanceof StartException.AllBusy)
             {
                 JibriStats.noInstanceFailed();
             }
diff --git a/jicofo/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jicofo/jibri/JibriStats.kt b/jicofo/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jicofo/jibri/JibriStats.kt
index 4b4020cbf9..87c3829b62 100644
--- a/jicofo/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jicofo/jibri/JibriStats.kt
+++ b/jicofo/src/main/kotlin/org/jitsi/jicofo/jibri/JibriStats.kt
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ class JibriStats {
         @JvmField
         val noInstanceFailures = JicofoMetricsContainer.instance.registerCounter(
             "jibri_no_instance_failures",
-            "Number of failures to start a jibri session because no instance was available"
+            "Number of failures to start a jibri session because no instance was available or all instances were busy"
         )
 
         @JvmField