diff --git a/changelog/sophoah-fix-iostat-invalid-device-metric-name.md b/changelog/sophoah-fix-iostat-invalid-device-metric-name.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7d92542f4f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/sophoah-fix-iostat-invalid-device-metric-name.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+### Fixed
+- Fix Prometheus scrape failures caused by `iostat` occasionally parsing a numeric string as a device name; `parseStream` now skips rows whose device name parses as a float
+- Sanitize `iostat` device names via the shared `metricsutil.CanonicalizeMetricName` helper in `RegisterAndPopulateMetrics` instead of only replacing hyphens, so any invalid Prometheus metric-name character is handled
diff --git a/util/iostat/iostat.go b/util/iostat/iostat.go
index 7ac4ccba415..d49ea46a42c 100644
--- a/util/iostat/iostat.go
+++ b/util/iostat/iostat.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/metrics"
+
+	"github.com/offchainlabs/nitro/util/metricsutil"
 )
 
 func RegisterAndPopulateMetrics(ctx context.Context, spawnInterval, maxDeviceCount int) {
@@ -33,8 +35,7 @@ func RegisterAndPopulateMetrics(ctx context.Context, spawnInterval, maxDeviceCou
 		if _, ok := deviceMetrics[stat.DeviceName]; !ok {
 			// Register metrics for a maximum of maxDeviceCount (fail safe in case iostat command returns incorrect names indefinitely)
 			if len(deviceMetrics) < maxDeviceCount {
-				// Replace hyphens with underscores to avoid metric name issues
-				sanitizedDeviceName := strings.ReplaceAll(stat.DeviceName, "-", "_")
+				sanitizedDeviceName := metricsutil.CanonicalizeMetricName(stat.DeviceName)
 				baseMetricName := fmt.Sprintf("iostat/%s/", sanitizedDeviceName)
 				deviceMetrics[stat.DeviceName] = make(map[string]*metrics.GaugeFloat64)
 				deviceMetrics[stat.DeviceName]["readspersecond"] = metrics.NewRegisteredGaugeFloat64(baseMetricName+"readspersecond", nil)
@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ func parseStream(r io.Reader, receiver chan<- DeviceStats) {
 		if stat.DeviceName == "" {
 			continue
 		}
+		if _, err := strconv.ParseFloat(stat.DeviceName, 64); err == nil {
+			log.Warn("iostat returned a numeric device name, skipping implausible row", "deviceName", stat.DeviceName)
+			continue
+		}
 		receiver <- stat
 	}
 	if scanner.Err() != nil {
diff --git a/util/iostat/iostat_test.go b/util/iostat/iostat_test.go
index 873cad19635..124f2bc48b6 100644
--- a/util/iostat/iostat_test.go
+++ b/util/iostat/iostat_test.go
@@ -54,6 +54,14 @@ func TestParseStream(t *testing.T) {
 				Await:           6.75,
 			}},
 		},
+		{
+			name: "numeric device name is dropped",
+			input: `
+				Device r/s w/s await
+				99.99 1.25 2.50 3.75
+			`,
+			want: nil,
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/util/metricsutil/metricsutil_test.go b/util/metricsutil/metricsutil_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6cd25fcded1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/util/metricsutil/metricsutil_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+// Copyright 2021-2026, Offchain Labs, Inc.
+// For license information, see https://github.com/OffchainLabs/nitro/blob/master/LICENSE.md
+
+package metricsutil
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestCanonicalizeMetricName(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		name   string
+		metric string
+		want   string
+	}{
+		{name: "hyphenated LVM device vg0-swap", metric: "vg0-swap", want: "vg0_swap"},
+		{name: "hyphenated LVM device vg0-root", metric: "vg0-root", want: "vg0_root"},
+		{name: "already valid device name nvme0n1", metric: "nvme0n1", want: "nvme0n1"},
+		{name: "already valid device name loop0", metric: "loop0", want: "loop0"},
+		{name: "dotted numeric token", metric: "99.99", want: "99_99"},
+	}
+	for _, tt := range tests {
+		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			require.Equal(t, tt.want, CanonicalizeMetricName(tt.metric))
+		})
+	}
+}