diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/BaseExportingMetricReader.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/BaseExportingMetricReader.cs
index a5238d22fc6..490d443bbe6 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/BaseExportingMetricReader.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/BaseExportingMetricReader.cs
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ namespace OpenTelemetry.Metrics
     public class BaseExportingMetricReader : MetricReader
     {
         protected readonly BaseExporter<Metric> exporter;
-
         private readonly ExportModes supportedExportModes = ExportModes.Push | ExportModes.Pull;
+        private bool disposed;
 
         public BaseExportingMetricReader(BaseExporter<Metric> exporter)
         {
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ internal override void SetParentProvider(BaseProvider parentProvider)
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
+            if (this.disposed)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (disposing)
             {
                 try
@@ -73,6 +78,8 @@ protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
                 }
             }
 
+            this.disposed = true;
+
             base.Dispose(disposing);
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricReader.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricReader.cs
index e734c2692c5..c9fb1487d4b 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricReader.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/MetricReader.cs
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ public abstract class MetricReader : IDisposable
         private const AggregationTemporality CumulativeAndDelta = AggregationTemporality.Cumulative | AggregationTemporality.Delta;
         private AggregationTemporality preferredAggregationTemporality = CumulativeAndDelta;
         private AggregationTemporality supportedAggregationTemporality = CumulativeAndDelta;
-        private bool disposed;
 
         public BaseProvider ParentProvider { get; private set; }
 
@@ -61,12 +60,8 @@ public virtual void OnCollect(Batch<Metric> metrics)
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         public void Dispose()
         {
-            if (!this.disposed)
-            {
-                this.Dispose(true);
-                GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
-                this.disposed = true;
-            }
+            this.Dispose(true);
+            GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
         }
 
         internal virtual void SetParentProvider(BaseProvider parentProvider)
diff --git a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/PeriodicExportingMetricReader.cs b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/PeriodicExportingMetricReader.cs
index 0f02ed1c983..cf43a335fd7 100644
--- a/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/PeriodicExportingMetricReader.cs
+++ b/src/OpenTelemetry/Metrics/PeriodicExportingMetricReader.cs
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class PeriodicExportingMetricReader : BaseExportingMetricReader
 
         private readonly Task exportTask;
         private readonly CancellationTokenSource token;
+        private bool disposed;
 
         public PeriodicExportingMetricReader(
             BaseExporter<Metric> exporter,
@@ -62,6 +63,11 @@ public override void OnCollect(Batch<Metric> metrics)
         /// <inheritdoc/>
         protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
         {
+            if (this.disposed)
+            {
+                return;
+            }
+
             if (disposing)
             {
                 try
@@ -76,6 +82,8 @@ protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
                 }
             }
 
+            this.disposed = true;
+
             base.Dispose(disposing);
         }
     }