diff --git a/core/service/base.py b/core/service/base.py
index 82a3969126fca1ad7d1671e6c8d4e5a2cb9e94e8..f1bb0429b2b888a126d69290228cef52915b4a1c 100644
--- a/core/service/base.py
+++ b/core/service/base.py
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ from noc.core.liftbridge.queuebuffer import QBuffer
 from noc.core.liftbridge.message import Message
 from noc.core.ioloop.util import setup_asyncio
 from noc.core.ioloop.timers import PeriodicCallback
-from noc.core.mx import send_message
+from noc.core.mx import MX_STREAM, get_mx_partitions, MX_MESSAGE_TYPE, MX_SHARDING_KEY
+from noc.core.comp import smart_bytes
 from .rpc import RPCProxy
 from .loader import set_service
 
@@ -928,14 +929,20 @@ class BaseService(object):
             stream=f"ch.{table}", partition=key % self.n_metrics_partitions, data=metrics
         )
         # Mirror to MX
-        if config.message.enable_metrics and (
-            not self.mx_metrics_scopes or table in self.mx_metrics_scopes
+        if (
+            config.message.enable_metrics
+            and self.mx_metrics_scopes
+            and table in self.mx_metrics_scopes
         ):
-            send_message(
-                data=[self.mx_metrics_scopes[table](m) for m in metrics],
-                message_type="metrics",
-                headers={},
-                sharding_key=key % self.mx_partitions,
+            n_partitions = get_mx_partitions()
+            self.publish(
+                value=orjson.dumps([self.mx_metrics_scopes[table](m) for m in metrics]),
+                stream=MX_STREAM,
+                partition=key % n_partitions,
+                headers={
+                    MX_MESSAGE_TYPE: b"metrics",
+                    MX_SHARDING_KEY: smart_bytes(key),
+                },
             )
 
     def start_telemetry_callback(self) -> None: