diff --git a/pkg/metrics/providers/datadog.go b/pkg/metrics/providers/datadog.go
index 4ca0fa32..fcdc74b9 100644
--- a/pkg/metrics/providers/datadog.go
+++ b/pkg/metrics/providers/datadog.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func (p *DatadogProvider) RunQuery(query string) (float64, error) {
 	}
 
 	if r.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
-		return 0, fmt.Errorf("error response: %s: %w", string(b), err)
+		return 0, fmt.Errorf("error response: %s: %s", string(b), r.Status)
 	}
 
 	var res datadogResponse