diff --git a/plugin/storage/grpc/factory.go b/plugin/storage/grpc/factory.go
index 07daea2e569..80626330b3c 100644
--- a/plugin/storage/grpc/factory.go
+++ b/plugin/storage/grpc/factory.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/contrib/instrumentation/google.golang.org/grpc/otelgrpc"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
-	noopmetric "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/noop"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace/noop"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
@@ -51,6 +50,7 @@ type Factory struct {
 	tracedRemoteConn   *grpc.ClientConn
 	untracedRemoteConn *grpc.ClientConn
 	host               component.Host
+	meterProvider      metric.MeterProvider
 }
 
 // NewFactory creates a new Factory.
@@ -66,10 +66,12 @@ func NewFactoryWithConfig(
 	metricsFactory metrics.Factory,
 	logger *zap.Logger,
 	host component.Host,
+	meterProvider metric.MeterProvider,
 ) (*Factory, error) {
 	f := NewFactory()
 	f.config = cfg
 	f.host = host
+	f.meterProvider = meterProvider
 	if err := f.Initialize(metricsFactory, logger); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -93,8 +95,8 @@ func (f *Factory) Initialize(metricsFactory metrics.Factory, logger *zap.Logger)
 	f.metricsFactory, f.logger = metricsFactory, logger
 	f.tracerProvider = otel.GetTracerProvider()
 
-	tracedTelset := getTelset(logger, f.tracerProvider)
-	untracedTelset := getTelset(logger, noop.NewTracerProvider())
+	tracedTelset := getTelset(logger, f.tracerProvider, f.meterProvider)
+	untracedTelset := getTelset(logger, noop.NewTracerProvider(), f.meterProvider)
 	newClientFn := func(telset component.TelemetrySettings, opts ...grpc.DialOption) (conn *grpc.ClientConn, err error) {
 		clientOpts := make([]configgrpc.ToClientConnOption, 0)
 		for _, opt := range opts {
@@ -232,13 +234,13 @@ func (f *Factory) Close() error {
 	return errors.Join(errs...)
 }
 
-func getTelset(logger *zap.Logger, tracerProvider trace.TracerProvider) component.TelemetrySettings {
+func getTelset(logger *zap.Logger, tracerProvider trace.TracerProvider, meterProvider metric.MeterProvider) component.TelemetrySettings {
 	return component.TelemetrySettings{
 		Logger:         logger,
 		TracerProvider: tracerProvider,
 		// TODO needs to be joined with the metricsFactory
 		LeveledMeterProvider: func(_ configtelemetry.Level) metric.MeterProvider {
-			return noopmetric.NewMeterProvider()
+			return meterProvider
 		},
 	}
 }
diff --git a/plugin/storage/grpc/factory_test.go b/plugin/storage/grpc/factory_test.go
index 60e78958794..7d08fa5807e 100644
--- a/plugin/storage/grpc/factory_test.go
+++ b/plugin/storage/grpc/factory_test.go
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configauth"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/configgrpc"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/exporter/exporterhelper"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric/noop"
 	"go.uber.org/zap"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
 
@@ -106,7 +107,7 @@ func TestNewFactoryError(t *testing.T) {
 		},
 	}
 	t.Run("with_config", func(t *testing.T) {
-		_, err := NewFactoryWithConfig(*cfg, metrics.NullFactory, zap.NewNop(), componenttest.NewNopHost())
+		_, err := NewFactoryWithConfig(*cfg, metrics.NullFactory, zap.NewNop(), componenttest.NewNopHost(), noop.NewMeterProvider())
 		assert.ErrorContains(t, err, "authenticator")
 	})
 
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ func TestNewFactoryError(t *testing.T) {
 
 	t.Run("client", func(t *testing.T) {
 		// this is a silly test to verify handling of error from grpc.NewClient, which cannot be induced via params.
-		f, err := NewFactoryWithConfig(Config{}, metrics.NullFactory, zap.NewNop(), componenttest.NewNopHost())
+		f, err := NewFactoryWithConfig(Config{}, metrics.NullFactory, zap.NewNop(), componenttest.NewNopHost(), noop.NewMeterProvider())
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 		t.Cleanup(func() { require.NoError(t, f.Close()) })
 		newClientFn := func(_ component.TelemetrySettings, _ ...grpc.DialOption) (conn *grpc.ClientConn, err error) {
@@ -171,7 +172,7 @@ func TestGRPCStorageFactoryWithConfig(t *testing.T) {
 			Enabled: true,
 		},
 	}
-	f, err := NewFactoryWithConfig(cfg, metrics.NullFactory, zap.NewNop(), componenttest.NewNopHost())
+	f, err := NewFactoryWithConfig(cfg, metrics.NullFactory, zap.NewNop(), componenttest.NewNopHost(), noop.NewMeterProvider())
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 	require.NoError(t, f.Close())
 }