diff --git a/sdk/metric/pipeline.go b/sdk/metric/pipeline.go
index 2240c26e9b4..5c9de91b9c4 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/pipeline.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/pipeline.go
@@ -130,10 +130,11 @@ func (p *pipeline) produce(ctx context.Context, rm *metricdata.ResourceMetrics)
 		if e := c(ctx); e != nil {
 			err = errors.Join(err, e)
 		}
-		if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		if ctxErr := ctx.Err(); ctxErr != nil {
 			rm.Resource = nil
 			clear(rm.ScopeMetrics) // Erase elements to let GC collect objects.
 			rm.ScopeMetrics = rm.ScopeMetrics[:0]
+			err = errors.Join(err, ctxErr)
 			return err
 		}
 	}
@@ -143,11 +144,12 @@ func (p *pipeline) produce(ctx context.Context, rm *metricdata.ResourceMetrics)
 		if e := f(ctx); e != nil {
 			err = errors.Join(err, e)
 		}
-		if err := ctx.Err(); err != nil {
+		if ctxErr := ctx.Err(); ctxErr != nil {
 			// This means the context expired before we finished running callbacks.
 			rm.Resource = nil
 			clear(rm.ScopeMetrics) // Erase elements to let GC collect objects.
 			rm.ScopeMetrics = rm.ScopeMetrics[:0]
+			err = errors.Join(err, ctxErr)
 			return err
 		}
 	}