diff --git a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_provider.h b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_provider.h
index 685f43e747..8fdca2daa8 100644
--- a/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_provider.h
+++ b/sdk/include/opentelemetry/sdk/metrics/meter_provider.h
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ class MeterProvider final : public opentelemetry::metrics::MeterProvider
    */
   bool ForceFlush(std::chrono::microseconds timeout = (std::chrono::microseconds::max)()) noexcept;
 
+  ~MeterProvider() override;
+
 private:
   std::shared_ptr<sdk::metrics::MeterContext> context_;
   std::mutex lock_;
diff --git a/sdk/src/metrics/meter_context.cc b/sdk/src/metrics/meter_context.cc
index 37d0910c9d..398934b520 100644
--- a/sdk/src/metrics/meter_context.cc
+++ b/sdk/src/metrics/meter_context.cc
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ void MeterContext::AddMeter(std::shared_ptr<Meter> meter)
 bool MeterContext::Shutdown() noexcept
 {
   bool result = true;
+  // Shutdown only once.
   if (!shutdown_latch_.test_and_set(std::memory_order_acquire))
   {
 
@@ -80,62 +81,64 @@ bool MeterContext::Shutdown() noexcept
       OTEL_INTERNAL_LOG_WARN("[MeterContext::Shutdown] Unable to shutdown all metric readers");
     }
   }
+  else
+  {
+    OTEL_INTERNAL_LOG_WARN("[MeterContext::Shutdown] Shutdown can be invoked only once.");
+  }
   return result;
 }
 
 bool MeterContext::ForceFlush(std::chrono::microseconds timeout) noexcept
 {
   bool result = true;
-  if (!shutdown_latch_.test_and_set(std::memory_order_acquire))
+  // Simultaneous flush not allowed.
+  const std::lock_guard<opentelemetry::common::SpinLockMutex> locked(forceflush_lock_);
+  // Convert to nanos to prevent overflow
+  auto timeout_ns = std::chrono::nanoseconds::max();
+  if (std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(timeout_ns) > timeout)
   {
-    // Convert to nanos to prevent overflow
-    auto timeout_ns = std::chrono::nanoseconds::max();
-    if (std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(timeout_ns) > timeout)
-    {
-      timeout_ns = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(timeout);
-    }
+    timeout_ns = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(timeout);
+  }
 
-    auto current_time = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
-    std::chrono::system_clock::time_point expire_time;
-    auto overflow_checker = std::chrono::system_clock::time_point::max();
+  auto current_time = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+  std::chrono::system_clock::time_point expire_time;
+  auto overflow_checker = std::chrono::system_clock::time_point::max();
 
-    // check if the expected expire time doesn't overflow.
-    if (overflow_checker - current_time > timeout_ns)
-    {
-      expire_time = current_time +
-                    std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::system_clock::duration>(timeout_ns);
-    }
-    else
+  // check if the expected expire time doesn't overflow.
+  if (overflow_checker - current_time > timeout_ns)
+  {
+    expire_time =
+        current_time + std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::system_clock::duration>(timeout_ns);
+  }
+  else
+  {
+    // overflow happens, reset expire time to max.
+    expire_time = overflow_checker;
+  }
+
+  for (auto &collector : collectors_)
+  {
+    if (!std::static_pointer_cast<MetricCollector>(collector)->ForceFlush(
+            std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(timeout_ns)))
     {
-      // overflow happens, reset expire time to max.
-      expire_time = overflow_checker;
+      result = false;
     }
 
-    for (auto &collector : collectors_)
+    current_time = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
+
+    if (expire_time >= current_time)
     {
-      if (!std::static_pointer_cast<MetricCollector>(collector)->ForceFlush(
-              std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(timeout_ns)))
-      {
-        result = false;
-      }
-
-      current_time = std::chrono::system_clock::now();
-
-      if (expire_time >= current_time)
-      {
-        timeout_ns =
-            std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(expire_time - current_time);
-      }
-      else
-      {
-        timeout_ns = std::chrono::nanoseconds::zero();
-      }
+      timeout_ns = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::nanoseconds>(expire_time - current_time);
     }
-    if (!result)
+    else
     {
-      OTEL_INTERNAL_LOG_WARN("[MeterContext::ForceFlush] Unable to ForceFlush all metric readers");
+      timeout_ns = std::chrono::nanoseconds::zero();
     }
   }
+  if (!result)
+  {
+    OTEL_INTERNAL_LOG_WARN("[MeterContext::ForceFlush] Unable to ForceFlush all metric readers");
+  }
   return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/sdk/src/metrics/meter_provider.cc b/sdk/src/metrics/meter_provider.cc
index 3a221b5db0..5077dac8bb 100644
--- a/sdk/src/metrics/meter_provider.cc
+++ b/sdk/src/metrics/meter_provider.cc
@@ -88,6 +88,18 @@ bool MeterProvider::ForceFlush(std::chrono::microseconds timeout) noexcept
   return context_->ForceFlush(timeout);
 }
 
+/**
+ * Shutdown MeterContext when MeterProvider is destroyed.
+ *
+ */
+MeterProvider::~MeterProvider()
+{
+  if (context_)
+  {
+    context_->Shutdown();
+  }
+}
+
 }  // namespace metrics
 }  // namespace sdk
 OPENTELEMETRY_END_NAMESPACE
diff --git a/sdk/test/metrics/meter_provider_sdk_test.cc b/sdk/test/metrics/meter_provider_sdk_test.cc
index d21e45f603..eb57dd026b 100644
--- a/sdk/test/metrics/meter_provider_sdk_test.cc
+++ b/sdk/test/metrics/meter_provider_sdk_test.cc
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ TEST(MeterProvider, GetMeter)
   ASSERT_EQ(m4, m5);
   ASSERT_NE(m3, m6);
 
-  // Should be an sdk::trace::Tracer with the processor attached.
+  // Should be an sdk::metrics::Meter
 #  ifdef OPENTELEMETRY_RTTI_ENABLED
   auto sdkMeter1 = dynamic_cast<Meter *>(m1.get());
 #  else
@@ -98,5 +98,9 @@ TEST(MeterProvider, GetMeter)
   std::unique_ptr<MeterSelector> meter_selector{new MeterSelector("name1", "version1", "schema1")};
 
   mp1.AddView(std::move(instrument_selector), std::move(meter_selector), std::move(view));
+
+  // cleanup properly without crash
+  mp1.ForceFlush();
+  mp1.Shutdown();
 }
 #endif