diff --git a/test/telemetry/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/telemetry/tracing/MockTracingTelemetry.java b/test/telemetry/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/telemetry/tracing/MockTracingTelemetry.java
index c7f5943719230..d2452b2c45083 100644
--- a/test/telemetry/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/telemetry/tracing/MockTracingTelemetry.java
+++ b/test/telemetry/src/main/java/org/opensearch/test/telemetry/tracing/MockTracingTelemetry.java
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 public class MockTracingTelemetry implements TracingTelemetry {
 
     private final SpanProcessor spanProcessor = new StrictCheckSpanProcessor();
-    private final AtomicBoolean shutdown = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+    private static final AtomicBoolean shutdown = new AtomicBoolean(false);
 
     /**
      * Base constructor.
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ public TracingContextPropagator getContextPropagator() {
 
     @Override
     public void close() {
-        shutdown.set(true);
+        if (shutdown.get() == false) {
+            shutdown.set(true);
+        }
     }
 
 }