diff --git a/pkg/metrics/opentelemetry_test.go b/pkg/metrics/opentelemetry_test.go
index 93fc31c99..7e426cc11 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/opentelemetry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/opentelemetry_test.go
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ func TestOpenTelemetry_GaugeCollectorSet(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestOpenTelemetry(t *testing.T) {
-	c := make(chan *string)
-	defer close(c)
+	c := make(chan *string, 5)
+
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		gzr, err := gzip.NewReader(r.Body)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -308,7 +308,11 @@ func TestOpenTelemetry(t *testing.T) {
 
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
 	}))
-	defer ts.Close()
+
+	t.Cleanup(func() {
+		close(c)
+		ts.Close()
+	})
 
 	sURL, err := url.Parse(ts.URL)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -439,10 +443,11 @@ func TestOpenTelemetry(t *testing.T) {
 
 	assertMessage(t, *msgEntryPointReqDurationHistogram, expectedEntryPointReqDuration)
 
-	// We need to unlock the HTTP Server for the last export call when stopping
-	// OpenTelemetry.
+	// Stopping OpenTelemetry.
 	go func() {
-		<-c
+		StopOpenTelemetry()
 	}()
-	StopOpenTelemetry()
+
+	// We need to unlock the HTTP Server for the last export call.
+	<-c
 }