diff --git a/cmake/opentelemetry-proto.cmake b/cmake/opentelemetry-proto.cmake
index efaaccbb09..7f9249e31d 100644
--- a/cmake/opentelemetry-proto.cmake
+++ b/cmake/opentelemetry-proto.cmake
@@ -299,13 +299,14 @@ if(WITH_OTLP_GRPC)
   if(WITH_ABSEIL)
     find_package(absl CONFIG)
     if(TARGET absl::synchronization)
-      target_link_libraries(opentelemetry_proto_grpc PRIVATE absl::synchronization)
+      target_link_libraries(opentelemetry_proto_grpc
+                            PRIVATE absl::synchronization)
     endif()
   endif()
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   foreach(proto_target ${OPENTELEMETRY_PROTO_TARGETS})
-    set_property(TARGET proto_target PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
+    set_property(TARGET ${proto_target} PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
   endforeach()
 endif()