diff --git a/include/osmocom/bsc/gsm_data.h b/include/osmocom/bsc/gsm_data.h
index e6a7708b0..07a0c9d8a 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/bsc/gsm_data.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/bsc/gsm_data.h
@@ -1409,6 +1409,7 @@ enum bts_counter_id {
 	BTS_CTR_PAGING_RESPONDED,
 	BTS_CTR_PAGING_EXPIRED,
 	BTS_CTR_PAGING_NO_ACTIVE_PAGING,
+	BTS_CTR_PAGING_MSC_FLUSH,
 	BTS_CTR_CHAN_ACT_TOTAL,
 	BTS_CTR_CHAN_ACT_NACK,
 	BTS_CTR_RSL_UNKNOWN,
@@ -1455,6 +1456,7 @@ static const struct rate_ctr_desc bts_ctr_description[] = {
 	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_RESPONDED] = 		{"paging:responded", "Paging attempts with successful paging response."},
 	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_EXPIRED] = 		{"paging:expired", "Paging Request expired because of timeout T3113."},
 	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_NO_ACTIVE_PAGING] =	{"paging:no_active_paging", "Paging response without an active paging request (arrived after paging expiration?)."},
+	[BTS_CTR_PAGING_MSC_FLUSH] =		{"paging:msc_flush", "Paging flushed due to MSC Reset BSSMAP message."},
 	[BTS_CTR_CHAN_ACT_TOTAL] =		{"chan_act:total", "Total number of Channel Activations."},
 	[BTS_CTR_CHAN_ACT_NACK] =		{"chan_act:nack", "Number of Channel Activations that the BTS NACKed"},
 	[BTS_CTR_RSL_UNKNOWN] =			{"rsl:unknown", "Number of unknown/unsupported RSL messages received from BTS"},
diff --git a/src/osmo-bsc/paging.c b/src/osmo-bsc/paging.c
index d32cded54..7b89dad9b 100644
--- a/src/osmo-bsc/paging.c
+++ b/src/osmo-bsc/paging.c
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ struct bsc_msc_data *paging_get_msc(struct gsm_bts *bts, struct bsc_subscr *bsub
 void paging_flush_bts(struct gsm_bts *bts, struct bsc_msc_data *msc)
 {
 	struct gsm_paging_request *req, *req2;
+	int num_cancelled = 0;
 
 	paging_init_if_needed(bts);
 
@@ -496,7 +497,10 @@ void paging_flush_bts(struct gsm_bts *bts, struct bsc_msc_data *msc)
 		/* now give up the data structure */
 		LOG_BTS(bts, DPAG, LOGL_DEBUG, "Stop paging %s (flush)\n", bsc_subscr_name(req->bsub));
 		paging_remove_request(&bts->paging, req);
+		num_cancelled++;
 	}
+
+	rate_ctr_add(&bts->bts_ctrs->ctr[BTS_CTR_PAGING_MSC_FLUSH], num_cancelled);
 }
 
 /*! Flush all paging requests issued by \a msc on any BTS in \a net */