diff --git a/instrumentation/runtime/runtime_test.go b/instrumentation/runtime/runtime_test.go
index b16a89f2600..6e58ffd67e5 100644
--- a/instrumentation/runtime/runtime_test.go
+++ b/instrumentation/runtime/runtime_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ func TestRefreshGoCollector(t *testing.T) {
 	// before the first refresh, all counters are zero
 	assert.Zero(t, collector.get(goMemoryAllocations))
 	// after the first refresh, counters are non-zero
+	allocateMemory(buffer)
 	collector.refresh()
 	initialAllocations := collector.get(goMemoryAllocations)
 	assert.NotZero(t, initialAllocations)
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ func TestRefreshGoCollector(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func allocateMemory(buffer [][]byte) [][]byte {
-	newBuffer := make([]byte, 100000)
+	newBuffer := make([]byte, 1000000)
 	for i := range newBuffer {
 		newBuffer[i] = 0
 	}