diff --git a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
index fd297059639..6ead76346b3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
+++ b/CHANGELOG.next.asciidoc
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ https://github.com/elastic/beats/compare/v7.0.0-alpha2...master[Check the HEAD d
 - Fix retrieving resources by ID for the azure module. {pull}21711[21711] {issue}21707[21707]
 - Use timestamp from CloudWatch API when creating events. {pull}21498[21498]
 - Report the correct windows events for system/filesystem {pull}21758[21758]
+- Fix azure storage event format. {pull}21845[21845]
 - Fix panic in kubernetes autodiscover related to keystores {issue}21843[21843] {pull}21880[21880]
 
 *Packetbeat*
diff --git a/x-pack/metricbeat/module/azure/storage/storage.go b/x-pack/metricbeat/module/azure/storage/storage.go
index 9f54871b319..4178b911d11 100644
--- a/x-pack/metricbeat/module/azure/storage/storage.go
+++ b/x-pack/metricbeat/module/azure/storage/storage.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ func New(base mb.BaseMetricSet) (mb.MetricSet, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
+	// set default resource type to indicate this is not the generic monitor metricset
+	ms.Client.Config.DefaultResourceType = defaultStorageAccountNamespace
 	// if no options are entered we will retrieve all the vm's from the entire subscription
 	if len(ms.Client.Config.Resources) == 0 {
 		ms.Client.Config.Resources = []azure.ResourceConfig{