diff --git a/receiver/signalfxreceiver/receiver.go b/receiver/signalfxreceiver/receiver.go
index df023f007bda..088f23e8462e 100644
--- a/receiver/signalfxreceiver/receiver.go
+++ b/receiver/signalfxreceiver/receiver.go
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (r *sfxReceiver) Shutdown() error {
 
 func (r *sfxReceiver) handleReq(resp http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	ctx := obsreport.ReceiverContext(req.Context(), r.config.Name(), "http", r.config.Name())
-	ctx = obsreport.StartTraceDataReceiveOp(ctx, r.config.Name(), "http")
+	ctx = obsreport.StartMetricsReceiveOp(ctx, r.config.Name(), "http")
 
 	if req.Method != http.MethodPost {
 		r.failRequest(ctx, resp, http.StatusBadRequest, invalidMethodRespBody, nil)
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ func (r *sfxReceiver) failRequest(
 		traceStatus.Message = err.Error()
 	}
 	reqSpan.SetStatus(traceStatus)
+	reqSpan.End()
 
 	r.logger.Debug(
 		"SignalFx receiver request failed",
diff --git a/testbed/tests/metric_test.go b/testbed/tests/metric_test.go
index f8863d559793..913668b80fcc 100644
--- a/testbed/tests/metric_test.go
+++ b/testbed/tests/metric_test.go
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ func TestMetric10kDPS(t *testing.T) {
 			NewCarbonDataReceiver(testbed.GetAvailablePort(t)),
 			testbed.ResourceSpec{
 				ExpectedMaxCPU: 115,
-				ExpectedMaxRAM: 60,
+				ExpectedMaxRAM: 65,
 			},
 		},
 		{