diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/pipeline.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/pipeline.rs
index aa2ed16cf4..acf4605d13 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/pipeline.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/src/metrics/pipeline.rs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use opentelemetry::{
-    metrics::MetricError
+    metrics::{MetricError, MetricResult},
     otel_debug, InstrumentationScope, KeyValue,
 };