diff --git a/exporters/prometheus/exporter.go b/exporters/prometheus/exporter.go
index b78c0511abb..8ae5183aece 100644
--- a/exporters/prometheus/exporter.go
+++ b/exporters/prometheus/exporter.go
@@ -262,7 +262,8 @@ func (c *collector) createInfoMetric(name, description string, res *resource.Res
 func createScopeInfoMetric(scope instrumentation.Scope) (prometheus.Metric, error) {
 	values := getScopeKeyValues(scope)
 
-	desc := prometheus.NewDesc(scopeInfoMetricName, scopeInfoDescription, scopeInfoKeys, nil)
+	k := []string(scopeInfoKeys)
+	desc := prometheus.NewDesc(scopeInfoMetricName, scopeInfoDescription, k, nil)
 	return prometheus.NewConstMetric(desc, prometheus.GaugeValue, float64(1), scope.Name, scope.Version)
 }