diff --git a/pkg/tracing/tracing.go b/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
index 53cb4f7fc..ce6f656f8 100644
--- a/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
+++ b/pkg/tracing/tracing.go
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ func NewTracerProvider(ctx context.Context, endpoint, caCert, name, namespace st
 		klog.V(5).InfoS("no name provided, using default service name for tracing", "name", DefaultServiceName)
 		name = DefaultServiceName
 	}
-	resourceOpts := []sdkresource.Option{sdkresource.WithAttributes(semconv.ServiceNameKey.String(name)), sdkresource.WithSchemaURL(semconv.SchemaURL), sdkresource.WithProcess()}
+	resourceOpts := defaultResourceOpts(name)
 	if namespace != "" {
 		resourceOpts = append(resourceOpts, sdkresource.WithAttributes(semconv.ServiceNamespaceKey.String(namespace)))
 	}
@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ func NewTracerProvider(ctx context.Context, endpoint, caCert, name, namespace st
 	return
 }
 
+func defaultResourceOpts(name string) []sdkresource.Option {
+	return []sdkresource.Option{sdkresource.WithAttributes(semconv.ServiceNameKey.String(name)), sdkresource.WithSchemaURL(semconv.SchemaURL), sdkresource.WithProcess()}
+}
+
 // Shutdown shuts down the global trace exporter.
 func Shutdown(ctx context.Context) error {
 	tp, ok := provider.(*sdktrace.TracerProvider)
diff --git a/pkg/tracing/tracing_test.go b/pkg/tracing/tracing_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..683a39335
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tracing/tracing_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+package tracing
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	sdkresource "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/resource"
+)
+
+func TestCreateTraceableResource(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.TODO()
+	resourceOpts := defaultResourceOpts("descheduler")
+	_, err := sdkresource.New(ctx, resourceOpts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("error initialising tracer provider: %!", err)
+	}
+}