diff --git a/lib/db/client-applications-store.js b/lib/db/client-applications-store.js
index 32a49f268a..a366978f92 100644
--- a/lib/db/client-applications-store.js
+++ b/lib/db/client-applications-store.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint camelcase:off */
 'use strict';
 
-const metricsHelper = require('./metrics-helper');
+const metricsHelper = require('../metrics-helper');
 const { DB_TIME } = require('../events');
 
 const COLUMNS = [
diff --git a/lib/db/client-instance-store.js b/lib/db/client-instance-store.js
index 7745b4c579..8b77cc1f9d 100644
--- a/lib/db/client-instance-store.js
+++ b/lib/db/client-instance-store.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* eslint camelcase: "off" */
 'use strict';
 
-const metricsHelper = require('./metrics-helper');
+const metricsHelper = require('../metrics-helper');
 const { DB_TIME } = require('../events');
 
 const COLUMNS = [
diff --git a/lib/db/client-metrics-store.js b/lib/db/client-metrics-store.js
index 095ea90995..9e83e256cf 100644
--- a/lib/db/client-metrics-store.js
+++ b/lib/db/client-metrics-store.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 'use strict';
 
 const { EventEmitter } = require('events');
-const metricsHelper = require('./metrics-helper');
+const metricsHelper = require('../metrics-helper');
 const { DB_TIME } = require('../events');
 
 const TEN_SECONDS = 10 * 1000;
diff --git a/lib/db/metrics-helper.js b/lib/metrics-helper.js
similarity index 94%
rename from lib/db/metrics-helper.js
rename to lib/metrics-helper.js
index 7926bfa41d..6ac9541ef0 100644
--- a/lib/db/metrics-helper.js
+++ b/lib/metrics-helper.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const timer = require('../timer');
+const timer = require('./timer');
 
 // wrapTimer keeps track of the timing of a async operation and emits
 // a event on the given eventBus once the operation is complete