diff --git a/pkg/metricscollector/v1beta1/tfevent-metricscollector/tfevent_loader.py b/pkg/metricscollector/v1beta1/tfevent-metricscollector/tfevent_loader.py
index f41597f9237..0422af2d2bb 100644
--- a/pkg/metricscollector/v1beta1/tfevent-metricscollector/tfevent_loader.py
+++ b/pkg/metricscollector/v1beta1/tfevent-metricscollector/tfevent_loader.py
@@ -30,11 +30,23 @@
 import rfc3339
 import tensorflow as tf
 from tensorboard.backend.event_processing.event_accumulator import EventAccumulator
-from tensorboard.backend.event_processing.tag_types import TENSORS
+from tensorboard.backend.event_processing.tag_types import SCALARS, TENSORS
 
 from pkg.metricscollector.v1beta1.common import const
 
 
+def _should_consider(tag: str, metric_name: str, tfefile: str) -> bool:
+    tfefile_parent_dir = (
+        os.path.dirname(metric_name)
+        if len(metric_name.split("/")) >= 2
+        else os.path.dirname(tfefile)
+    )
+    basedir_name = os.path.dirname(tfefile)
+    return tag.startswith(metric_name.split("/")[-1]) and basedir_name.endswith(
+        tfefile_parent_dir
+    )
+
+
 class TFEventFileParser:
     def __init__(self, metric_names):
         self.metric_names = metric_names
@@ -47,21 +59,15 @@ def find_all_files(directory):
 
     def parse_summary(self, tfefile):
         metric_logs = []
-        event_accumulator = EventAccumulator(tfefile, size_guidance={TENSORS: 0})
+        event_accumulator = EventAccumulator(
+            tfefile, size_guidance={SCALARS: 0, TENSORS: 0}
+        )
         event_accumulator.Reload()
-        for tag in event_accumulator.Tags()[TENSORS]:
+        tags = event_accumulator.Tags()
+        for tag in tags[TENSORS]:
             for m in self.metric_names:
-                tfefile_parent_dir = (
-                    os.path.dirname(m)
-                    if len(m.split("/")) >= 2
-                    else os.path.dirname(tfefile)
-                )
-                basedir_name = os.path.dirname(tfefile)
-                if not tag.startswith(m.split("/")[-1]) or not basedir_name.endswith(
-                    tfefile_parent_dir
-                ):
+                if not _should_consider(tag, m, tfefile):
                     continue
-
                 for tensor in event_accumulator.Tensors(tag):
                     ml = api_pb2.MetricLog(
                         time_stamp=rfc3339.rfc3339(
@@ -72,7 +78,19 @@ def parse_summary(self, tfefile):
                         ),
                     )
                     metric_logs.append(ml)
-
+        # support old-style tensorboard metrics too
+        for tag in tags[SCALARS]:
+            for m in self.metric_names:
+                if not _should_consider(tag, m, tfefile):
+                    continue
+                for scalar in event_accumulator.Scalars(tag):
+                    ml = api_pb2.MetricLog(
+                        time_stamp=rfc3339.rfc3339(
+                            datetime.fromtimestamp(scalar.wall_time)
+                        ),
+                        metric=api_pb2.Metric(name=m, value=str(scalar.value)),
+                    )
+                    metric_logs.append(ml)
         return metric_logs