diff --git a/plugins/metrics/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ListVMsMetricsCmd.java b/plugins/metrics/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ListVMsMetricsCmd.java
index 38001cedb09..55af69e623c 100644
--- a/plugins/metrics/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ListVMsMetricsCmd.java
+++ b/plugins/metrics/src/main/java/org/apache/cloudstack/api/ListVMsMetricsCmd.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ import org.apache.cloudstack.response.VmMetricsResponse;
  * </ul>
  */
 @APICommand(name = ListVMsMetricsCmd.APINAME, description = "Lists VM metrics", responseObject = VmMetricsResponse.class,
-        requestHasSensitiveInfo = false, responseHasSensitiveInfo = false,  responseView = ResponseObject.ResponseView.Full,
+        requestHasSensitiveInfo = false, responseHasSensitiveInfo = false,  responseView = ResponseObject.ResponseView.Restricted,
         since = "4.9.3", authorized = {RoleType.ResourceAdmin, RoleType.DomainAdmin, RoleType.User})
 public class ListVMsMetricsCmd extends ListVMsCmd implements UserCmd {
     public static final String APINAME = "listVirtualMachinesMetrics";
diff --git a/test/integration/smoke/test_metrics_api.py b/test/integration/smoke/test_metrics_api.py
index aeb3d883cfa..3ff602c1a71 100644
--- a/test/integration/smoke/test_metrics_api.py
+++ b/test/integration/smoke/test_metrics_api.py
@@ -58,16 +58,28 @@ class TestMetrics(cloudstackTestCase):
             cls.hypervisor
         )
         cls._cleanup.append(cls.service_offering)
+        cls.domain = get_domain(cls.apiclient)
+        cls.account = Account.create(
+            cls.apiclient,
+            cls.services["account"],
+            admin=False,
+            domainid=cls.domain.id
+        )
+        cls._cleanup.append(cls.account)
 
     @classmethod
     def tearDownClass(cls):
         super(TestMetrics, cls).tearDownClass()
 
     def setUp(self):
+        self.userapiclient = self.testClient.getUserApiClient(
+            UserName=self.account.name,
+            DomainName=self.account.domain
+        )
         self.cleanup = []
 
     def tearDown(self):
-        super(TestMetrics, self).tearDown();
+        super(TestMetrics, self).tearDown()
 
     @attr(tags = ["advanced", "advancedns", "smoke", "basic"], required_hardware="false")
     def test_list_hosts_metrics(self):
@@ -117,23 +129,24 @@ class TestMetrics(cloudstackTestCase):
 
         return
 
-    @attr(tags = ["advanced", "advancedns", "smoke", "basic"], required_hardware="false")
-    def test_list_vms_metrics(self):
-        #deploy VM
+    def run_list_vm_metrics_test(self, is_user):
+        apiclient = self.apiclient
+        if is_user:
+            apiclient = self.userapiclient
         self.small_virtual_machine = VirtualMachine.create(
-                                        self.apiclient,
-                                        self.services["virtual_machine"],
-                                        serviceofferingid=self.service_offering.id,
-                                        templateid=self.template.id,
-                                        zoneid=self.zone.id
-                                        )
+            apiclient,
+            self.services["virtual_machine"],
+            serviceofferingid=self.service_offering.id,
+            templateid=self.template.id,
+            zoneid=self.zone.id
+        )
         self.cleanup.append(self.small_virtual_machine)
 
 
         cmd = listVirtualMachinesMetrics.listVirtualMachinesMetricsCmd()
         cmd.id = self.small_virtual_machine.id
 
-        lvmm = self.apiclient.listVirtualMachinesMetrics(cmd)[0]
+        lvmm = apiclient.listVirtualMachinesMetrics(cmd)[0]
 
         self.assertEqual(lvmm.id, self.small_virtual_machine.id)
 
@@ -144,7 +157,13 @@ class TestMetrics(cloudstackTestCase):
         self.assertTrue(hasattr(lvmm, 'networkread'))
         self.assertTrue(hasattr(lvmm, 'networkwrite'))
 
-        return
+    @attr(tags = ["advanced", "advancedns", "smoke", "basic"], required_hardware="false")
+    def test_list_vms_metrics_admin(self):
+        self.run_list_vm_metrics_test(False)
+
+    @attr(tags = ["advanced", "advancedns", "smoke", "basic"], required_hardware="false")
+    def test_list_vms_metrics_user(self):
+        self.run_list_vm_metrics_test(True)
 
     @attr(tags = ["advanced", "advancedns", "smoke", "basic"], required_hardware="false")
     def test_list_pstorage_metrics(self):