From 754253bce1f3386089e6e758caa91dd3471ff7d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg <2653109+glinton@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2018 15:34:05 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Run stop logic only if required in prometheus input (#5144)

---
 plugins/inputs/prometheus/prometheus.go | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/plugins/inputs/prometheus/prometheus.go b/plugins/inputs/prometheus/prometheus.go
index 84fc31800d53c..eaadf14523650 100644
--- a/plugins/inputs/prometheus/prometheus.go
+++ b/plugins/inputs/prometheus/prometheus.go
@@ -305,7 +305,9 @@ func (p *Prometheus) Start(a telegraf.Accumulator) error {
 }
 
 func (p *Prometheus) Stop() {
-	p.cancel()
+	if p.MonitorPods {
+		p.cancel()
+	}
 	p.wg.Wait()
 }