diff --git a/pkg/tracing/plugin/otlp.go b/pkg/tracing/plugin/otlp.go
index 52586913e..04303eff0 100644
--- a/pkg/tracing/plugin/otlp.go
+++ b/pkg/tracing/plugin/otlp.go
@@ -96,14 +96,14 @@ func init() {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 
-			//get TracingProcessorPlugin which is a dependency
-			plugins, err := ic.GetByType(plugins.TracingProcessorPlugin)
+			// get TracingProcessorPlugin which is a dependency
+			tracingProcessors, err := ic.GetByType(plugins.TracingProcessorPlugin)
 			if err != nil {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get tracing processors: %w", err)
 			}
 
-			procs := make([]trace.SpanProcessor, 0, len(plugins))
-			for _, p := range plugins {
+			procs := make([]trace.SpanProcessor, 0, len(tracingProcessors))
+			for _, p := range tracingProcessors {
 				procs = append(procs, p.(trace.SpanProcessor))
 			}