diff --git a/metrics-operator/controllers/metrics/controller_test.go b/metrics-operator/controllers/metrics/controller_test.go
index 00c70faddaf..037512de367 100644
--- a/metrics-operator/controllers/metrics/controller_test.go
+++ b/metrics-operator/controllers/metrics/controller_test.go
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ func TestKeptnMetricReconciler_Reconcile(t *testing.T) {
 			Query:                "",
 			FetchIntervalSeconds: 10,
 		},
+
+		Status: metricsapi.KeptnMetricStatus{
+			ErrMsg: "test error message",
+		},
 	}
 
 	metric4 := &metricsapi.KeptnMetric{