diff --git a/packages/opencensus-exporter-stackdriver/src/stackdriver-monitoring.ts b/packages/opencensus-exporter-stackdriver/src/stackdriver-monitoring.ts
index b72ced042..1feabbf4b 100644
--- a/packages/opencensus-exporter-stackdriver/src/stackdriver-monitoring.ts
+++ b/packages/opencensus-exporter-stackdriver/src/stackdriver-monitoring.ts
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export class StackdriverStatsExporter implements StatsEventListener {
       }
     }
 
-    this.createTimeSeries(metricsList);
+    await this.createTimeSeries(metricsList);
   }
 
   /**