diff --git a/pkg/awsutils/awsutils.go b/pkg/awsutils/awsutils.go
index c5740d301e..3ac808c14e 100644
--- a/pkg/awsutils/awsutils.go
+++ b/pkg/awsutils/awsutils.go
@@ -187,13 +187,14 @@ func prometheusRegister() {
 		prometheus.MustRegister(awsAPILatency)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(awsAPIErr)
 		prometheus.MustRegister(awsUtilsErr)
-		prometheusRegistered = false
+		prometheusRegistered = true
 	}
 }
 
 // New creates an EC2InstanceMetadataCache
 func New() (*EC2InstanceMetadataCache, error) {
 	// Initializes prometheus metrics
+	prometheusRegister()
 
 	cache := &EC2InstanceMetadataCache{}
 	cache.ec2Metadata = ec2metadata.New()