diff --git a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/common/ControllerConfig.java b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/common/ControllerConfig.java
index 1e9c80b2220..c25e30b2959 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/common/ControllerConfig.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/org/apache/rocketmq/common/ControllerConfig.java
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ public void setMetricsExporterType(MetricsExporterType metricsExporterType) {
         this.metricsExporterType = metricsExporterType;
     }
 
+    // support read from config file using MixAll.properties2Object
+    public void setMetricsExporterType(String metricsExporterType) {
+        this.metricsExporterType = MetricsExporterType.valueOf(metricsExporterType);
+    }
+
     public String getMetricsGrpcExporterTarget() {
         return metricsGrpcExporterTarget;
     }