diff --git a/.changelog/5428.trivial.md b/.changelog/5428.trivial.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/go/worker/compute/executor/committee/node.go b/go/worker/compute/executor/committee/node.go
index ca42bdb8363..ce2166eab95 100644
--- a/go/worker/compute/executor/committee/node.go
+++ b/go/worker/compute/executor/committee/node.go
@@ -830,7 +830,7 @@ func (n *Node) proposeBatch(
 	// Commit I/O and state write logs to storage.
 	storageErr := func() error {
 		start := time.Now()
-		defer storageCommitLatency.With(n.getMetricLabels()).Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
+		defer func() { storageCommitLatency.With(n.getMetricLabels()).Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds()) }()
 
 		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(roundCtx)
 		defer cancel()