diff --git a/ddtrace/tracer/writer_test.go b/ddtrace/tracer/writer_test.go
index bcdf529a58..224ae2a1ca 100644
--- a/ddtrace/tracer/writer_test.go
+++ b/ddtrace/tracer/writer_test.go
@@ -386,12 +386,14 @@ func TestTraceWriterFlushRetries(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	sentCounts := map[string]int64{
-		"datadog.tracer.decode_error": 1,
-		"datadog.tracer.flush_bytes":  185,
-		"datadog.tracer.flush_traces": 1,
+		"datadog.tracer.decode_error":          1,
+		"datadog.tracer.flush_bytes":           185,
+		"datadog.tracer.flush_traces":          1,
+		"datadog.tracer.queue.enqueued.traces": 1,
 	}
 	droppedCounts := map[string]int64{
-		"datadog.tracer.traces_dropped": 1,
+		"datadog.tracer.queue.enqueued.traces": 1,
+		"datadog.tracer.traces_dropped":        1,
 	}
 
 	ss := []*span{makeSpan(0)}