diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/parallelize/parallelism.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/parallelize/parallelism.go
index 6b137d31e9a..94441b97d9c 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/parallelize/parallelism.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/parallelize/parallelism.go
@@ -54,10 +54,11 @@ func chunkSizeFor(n, parallelism int) int {
 // Until is a wrapper around workqueue.ParallelizeUntil to use in scheduling algorithms.
 // A given operation will be a label that is recorded in the goroutine metric.
 func (p Parallelizer) Until(ctx context.Context, pieces int, doWorkPiece workqueue.DoWorkPieceFunc, operation string) {
+	goroutinesMetric := metrics.Goroutines.WithLabelValues(operation)
 	withMetrics := func(piece int) {
-		metrics.Goroutines.WithLabelValues(operation).Inc()
-		defer metrics.Goroutines.WithLabelValues(operation).Dec()
+		goroutinesMetric.Inc()
 		doWorkPiece(piece)
+		goroutinesMetric.Dec()
 	}
 
 	workqueue.ParallelizeUntil(ctx, p.parallelism, pieces, withMetrics, workqueue.WithChunkSize(chunkSizeFor(pieces, p.parallelism)))