diff --git a/service/telemetry.go b/service/telemetry.go
index 1dbdab6480a..053e5cdf961 100644
--- a/service/telemetry.go
+++ b/service/telemetry.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package service
 import (
 	"net/http"
 	"strings"
+	"sync"
 	"unicode"
 
 	"contrib.go.opencensus.io/exporter/prometheus"
@@ -41,11 +42,20 @@ type collectorTelemetryExporter interface {
 }
 
 type colTelemetry struct {
-	views  []*view.View
-	server *http.Server
+	views      []*view.View
+	server     *http.Server
+	doInitOnce sync.Once
 }
 
-func (tel *colTelemetry) init(asyncErrorChannel chan<- error, ballastSizeBytes uint64, logger *zap.Logger) error {
+func (tel *colTelemetry) init(asyncErrorChannel chan<- error, ballastSizeBytes uint64, logger *zap.Logger) (err error) {
+	tel.doInitOnce.Do(
+		func() {
+			err = tel.initOnce(asyncErrorChannel, ballastSizeBytes, logger)
+		},
+	)
+	return
+}
+func (tel *colTelemetry) initOnce(asyncErrorChannel chan<- error, ballastSizeBytes uint64, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 	level := configtelemetry.GetMetricsLevelFlagValue()
 	metricsAddr := telemetry.GetMetricsAddr()