diff --git a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
index 964ef9a61..dde7d59aa 100644
--- a/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
+++ b/flow/connectors/postgres/postgres.go
@@ -1215,16 +1215,17 @@ func (c *PostgresConnector) HandleSlotInfo(
 	logger.Info(fmt.Sprintf("Checking %s lag for %s", alertKeys.SlotName, alertKeys.PeerName),
 		slog.Float64("LagInMB", float64(slotInfo[0].LagInMb)))
 	alerter.AlertIfSlotLag(ctx, alertKeys, slotInfo[0])
-	if slotMetricGauges.SlotLagGauge == nil {
+
+	if slotMetricGauges.SlotLagGauge != nil {
+		slotMetricGauges.SlotLagGauge.Record(ctx, float64(slotInfo[0].LagInMb), metric.WithAttributeSet(attribute.NewSet(
+			attribute.String(otel_metrics.FlowNameKey, alertKeys.FlowName),
+			attribute.String(otel_metrics.PeerNameKey, alertKeys.PeerName),
+			attribute.String(otel_metrics.SlotNameKey, alertKeys.SlotName),
+			attribute.String(otel_metrics.DeploymentUidKey, peerdbenv.PeerDBDeploymentUID())),
+		))
+	} else {
 		logger.Warn("warning: slotMetricGauges.SlotLagGauge is nil")
-		return nil
 	}
-	slotMetricGauges.SlotLagGauge.Record(ctx, float64(slotInfo[0].LagInMb), metric.WithAttributeSet(attribute.NewSet(
-		attribute.String(otel_metrics.FlowNameKey, alertKeys.FlowName),
-		attribute.String(otel_metrics.PeerNameKey, alertKeys.PeerName),
-		attribute.String(otel_metrics.SlotNameKey, alertKeys.SlotName),
-		attribute.String(otel_metrics.DeploymentUidKey, peerdbenv.PeerDBDeploymentUID())),
-	))
 
 	// Also handles alerts for PeerDB user connections exceeding a given limit here
 	res, err := getOpenConnectionsForUser(ctx, c.conn, c.config.User)