diff --git a/test/e2e/instrumentation/metrics.go b/test/e2e/instrumentation/metrics.go
index d3b062635ab..5ddb0b6cce5 100644
--- a/test/e2e/instrumentation/metrics.go
+++ b/test/e2e/instrumentation/metrics.go
@@ -59,12 +59,12 @@ var _ = common.SIGDescribe("Metrics", func() {
 	ginkgo.It("should grab all metrics from kubelet /metrics/resource endpoint", func(ctx context.Context) {
 		ginkgo.By("Connecting to kubelet's /metrics/resource endpoint")
 		node, err := e2enode.GetRandomReadySchedulableNode(ctx, f.ClientSet)
+		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
+		response, err := grabber.GrabResourceMetricsFromKubelet(ctx, node.Name)
 		if errors.Is(err, e2emetrics.MetricsGrabbingDisabledError) {
 			e2eskipper.Skipf("%v", err)
 		}
 		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
-		response, err := grabber.GrabResourceMetricsFromKubelet(ctx, node.Name)
-		framework.ExpectNoError(err)
 		gomega.Expect(response).NotTo(gomega.BeEmpty())
 	})
 })