diff --git a/cmd/telemetrygen/internal/metrics/metrics.go b/cmd/telemetrygen/internal/metrics/metrics.go
index 6418f7228a95..e39ceaba6e7b 100644
--- a/cmd/telemetrygen/internal/metrics/metrics.go
+++ b/cmd/telemetrygen/internal/metrics/metrics.go
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func Run(c *Config, exp sdkmetric.Exporter, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 			index:          i,
 		}
 
-		go w.simulateMetrics(res, exp)
+		go w.simulateMetrics(res, exp, c.GetAttributes())
 	}
 	if c.TotalDuration > 0 {
 		time.Sleep(c.TotalDuration)