diff --git a/src/utils/utilities.go b/src/utils/utilities.go
index abe787c0..8a25458f 100644
--- a/src/utils/utilities.go
+++ b/src/utils/utilities.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package utils
 
 import (
+	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 
 	pb "github.com/envoyproxy/go-control-plane/envoy/service/ratelimit/v3"
@@ -62,8 +63,18 @@ func MaskCredentialsInUrl(url string) string {
 	return strings.Join(urls, ",")
 }
 
-// Remove invalid characters from the stat name.
+// remoteAddressRegex is used to replace remote addresses in stat names with a sanitized version.
+// 1. replace masked_remote_address_1.2.3.4/32 with masked_remote_address_1_2_3_4_32
+// 2. replace remote_address_1.2.3.4 with remote_address_1_2_3_4
+var remoteAddressRegex = regexp.MustCompile(`remote_address_\d+\.\d+\.\d+\.\d+`)
+
+// SanitizeStatName remove invalid characters from the stat name.
 func SanitizeStatName(s string) string {
 	r := strings.NewReplacer(":", "_", "|", "_")
-	return r.Replace(s)
+	result := r.Replace(s)
+
+	for _, m := range remoteAddressRegex.FindAllString(s, -1) {
+		result = strings.Replace(result, m, strings.Replace(m, ".", "_", -1), -1)
+	}
+	return result
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/utilities_test.go b/src/utils/utilities_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7c0af6b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/utilities_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestSanitizeStatName(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		input    string
+		expected string
+	}{
+		{
+			input:    "domain.foo|bar",
+			expected: "domain.foo_bar",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    "domain.foo:bar",
+			expected: "domain.foo_bar",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    "domain.masked_remote_address_0.0.0.0/0",
+			expected: "domain.masked_remote_address_0_0_0_0/0",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    "domain.remote_address_172.18.0.1",
+			expected: "domain.remote_address_172_18_0_1",
+		},
+		{
+			input:    "domain.masked_remote_address_0.0.0.0/0_remote_address_172.18.0.1",
+			expected: "domain.masked_remote_address_0_0_0_0/0_remote_address_172_18_0_1",
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, c := range cases {
+		t.Run(c.input, func(t *testing.T) {
+			if actual := SanitizeStatName(c.input); actual != c.expected {
+				t.Errorf("SanitizeStatName(%s): expected %s, actual %s", c.input, c.expected, actual)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}