diff --git a/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/exporter.go b/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/exporter.go
index 040105bd95d..36f62bf8f2f 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/exporter.go
+++ b/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/exporter.go
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ func (prwe *PrwExporter) PushMetrics(ctx context.Context, md pdata.Metrics) (int
 					case otlp.MetricDescriptor_SUMMARY:
 						if err := prwe.handleSummaryMetric(tsMap, metric); err != nil {
 							dropped++
-							errs = append(errs, err.Error())
+							errs = append(errs, err)
 						}
 					default:
 						dropped++
diff --git a/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/exporter_test.go b/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/exporter_test.go
index d00a16adc4c..f1683894c28 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/exporter_test.go
+++ b/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/exporter_test.go
@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ func Test_PushMetrics(t *testing.T) {
 			checkFunc,
 			3,
 			http.StatusAccepted,
-			pdatautil.MetricCount(summaryBatch),
+			0,
 			false,
 		},
 	}
diff --git a/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/testutil_test.go b/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/testutil_test.go
index bbacb85d31d..a583ede0820 100644
--- a/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/testutil_test.go
+++ b/exporter/prometheusremotewriteexporter/testutil_test.go
@@ -30,11 +30,10 @@ type combination struct {
 }
 
 var (
-	time1       = uint64(time.Now().UnixNano())
-	time2       = uint64(time.Date(1970, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixNano())
-	msTime1     = int64(time1 / uint64(int64(time.Millisecond)/int64(time.Nanosecond)))
-	msTime2     = int64(time2 / uint64(int64(time.Millisecond)/int64(time.Nanosecond)))
-	testHeaders = map[string]string{"headerOne": "value1"}
+	time1   = uint64(time.Now().UnixNano())
+	time2   = uint64(time.Date(1970, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC).UnixNano())
+	msTime1 = int64(time1 / uint64(int64(time.Millisecond)/int64(time.Nanosecond)))
+	msTime2 = int64(time2 / uint64(int64(time.Millisecond)/int64(time.Nanosecond)))
 
 	typeInt64           = "INT64"
 	typeMonotonicInt64  = "MONOTONIC_INT64"