diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/src/opentelemetry/ext/grpc/__init__.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/src/opentelemetry/ext/grpc/__init__.py
index 66b09860641..fa20d00db62 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/src/opentelemetry/ext/grpc/__init__.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/src/opentelemetry/ext/grpc/__init__.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 from opentelemetry.ext.grpc.version import __version__
 
 
-def client_interceptor(tracer_provider=None, meter=None):
+def client_interceptor(tracer_provider=None, exporter=None, interval=30):
     """Create a gRPC client channel interceptor.
 
     Args:
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def client_interceptor(tracer_provider=None, meter=None):
 
     tracer = trace.get_tracer(__name__, __version__, tracer_provider)
 
-    return _client.OpenTelemetryClientInterceptor(tracer, meter)
+    return _client.OpenTelemetryClientInterceptor(tracer, exporter, interval)
 
 
 def server_interceptor(tracer_provider=None):
diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/src/opentelemetry/ext/grpc/_client.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/src/opentelemetry/ext/grpc/_client.py
index 3e460810630..9e6069b0f95 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/src/opentelemetry/ext/grpc/_client.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/src/opentelemetry/ext/grpc/_client.py
@@ -24,7 +24,8 @@
 
 import grpc
 
-from opentelemetry import propagators, trace
+from opentelemetry import metrics, propagators, trace
+from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.controller import PushController
 from opentelemetry.trace.status import Status, StatusCanonicalCode
 
 from . import grpcext
@@ -83,9 +84,12 @@ def callback(response_future):
 class OpenTelemetryClientInterceptor(
     grpcext.UnaryClientInterceptor, grpcext.StreamClientInterceptor
 ):
-    def __init__(self, tracer, meter):
+    def __init__(self, tracer, exporter, interval):
         self._tracer = tracer
-        self._meter = meter
+        self._meter = metrics.get_meter(__name__)
+        self.controller = PushController(
+            meter=self._meter, exporter=exporter, interval=interval
+        )
         self._metrics_recorder = TimedMetricRecorder(self._meter, "client")
 
     def _start_span(self, method):
diff --git a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py
index 39f12385c58..a5b24f3873b 100644
--- a/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py
+++ b/ext/opentelemetry-ext-grpc/tests/test_client_interceptor.py
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@
 import grpc
 
 import opentelemetry.ext.grpc
-from opentelemetry import metrics, trace
+from opentelemetry import trace
 from opentelemetry.ext.grpc import client_interceptor
 from opentelemetry.ext.grpc.grpcext import intercept_channel
 from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.aggregate import (
     MinMaxSumCountAggregator,
     SumAggregator,
 )
-from opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.export.controller import PushController
 from opentelemetry.test.test_base import TestBase
 from tests.protobuf import test_server_pb2_grpc
 
@@ -40,24 +39,21 @@ def setUp(self):
         super().setUp()
         self.server = create_test_server(25565)
         self.server.start()
-        meter = metrics.get_meter(__name__)
-        interceptor = client_interceptor(meter=meter)
+        self.interceptor = client_interceptor(
+            exporter=self.memory_metrics_exporter
+        )
         self.channel = intercept_channel(
-            grpc.insecure_channel("localhost:25565"), interceptor
+            grpc.insecure_channel("localhost:25565"), self.interceptor
         )
         self._stub = test_server_pb2_grpc.GRPCTestServerStub(self.channel)
 
-        self._controller = PushController(
-            meter, self.memory_metrics_exporter, 30
-        )
-
     def tearDown(self):
         super().tearDown()
         self.memory_metrics_exporter.clear()
         self.server.stop(None)
 
     def _verify_success_records(self, num_bytes_out, num_bytes_in, method):
-        self._controller.tick()
+        self.interceptor.controller.tick()
         records = self.memory_metrics_exporter.get_exported_metrics()
         self.assertEqual(len(records), 3)
 
@@ -167,7 +163,7 @@ def test_stream_stream(self):
         )
 
     def _verify_error_records(self, method):
-        self._controller.tick()
+        self.interceptor.controller.tick()
         records = self.memory_metrics_exporter.get_exported_metrics()
         self.assertEqual(len(records), 3)