diff --git a/internal/telemetry/region_pusher.go b/internal/telemetry/region_pusher.go
index d0aba49c5..4963bbe08 100644
--- a/internal/telemetry/region_pusher.go
+++ b/internal/telemetry/region_pusher.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package telemetry
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"fmt"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -173,7 +174,7 @@ func (p *RegionPusher) push(m sm.RegionTelemetry) {
 	)
 
 	start := p.metrics.start()
-	defer p.metrics.end(err, start)
+	defer func() { p.metrics.end(err, start) }()
 
 	// We don't want to cancel a possibly ongoing request even if the agent
 	// context is done, therefore use background context
@@ -184,7 +185,9 @@ func (p *RegionPusher) push(m sm.RegionTelemetry) {
 		return
 	}
 	if r.Status.Code != sm.StatusCode_OK {
-		p.logger.Error().
+		// create an error so it's handled by metrics.end() on defer
+		err = fmt.Errorf("unexpected status code")
+		p.logger.Err(err).
 			Int32("statusCode", int32(r.Status.Code)).
 			Str("statusMessage", r.Status.Message).
 			Msg("error pushing telemetry")
diff --git a/internal/telemetry/region_pusher_test.go b/internal/telemetry/region_pusher_test.go
index 23c8a8799..a32590ad1 100644
--- a/internal/telemetry/region_pusher_test.go
+++ b/internal/telemetry/region_pusher_test.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package telemetry
 
 import (
 	"context"
+	"errors"
 	"reflect"
 	"sync"
 	"testing"
@@ -10,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	sm "github.com/grafana/synthetic-monitoring-agent/pkg/pb/synthetic_monitoring"
 
 	prom "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	prommodel "github.com/prometheus/client_model/go"
 	"github.com/rs/zerolog"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 	"google.golang.org/grpc"
@@ -331,6 +333,87 @@ func TestTenantPusher(t *testing.T) {
 		// Verify sent data on exit
 		testClient.assert(t, []sm.RegionTelemetry{mm[1]})
 	})
+
+	t.Run("should report push error", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+
+		t.Cleanup(func() {
+			shutdownAndWait(cancel)
+			resetTestClient()
+		})
+
+		ticker := &testTicker{
+			c: make(chan time.Time),
+		}
+		var opt withTicker = ticker
+
+		metrics := RegionMetrics{
+			pushRequestsActive:   prom.NewGauge(prom.GaugeOpts{}),
+			pushRequestsDuration: prom.NewHistogram(prom.HistogramOpts{}),
+			pushRequestsTotal:    prom.NewCounter(prom.CounterOpts{}),
+			pushRequestsError:    prom.NewCounter(prom.CounterOpts{}),
+			addExecutionDuration: prom.NewHistogram(prom.HistogramOpts{}),
+		}
+
+		// Setup test client to return err on push
+		testClient.rr.err = errors.New("test error")
+
+		pusher := NewRegionPusher(ctx, timeSpan, testClient, logger, instance, regionID, metrics, opt)
+
+		// Add some executions
+		addExecutions(pusher, 0, 4)
+
+		// Tick once, which should make the push fail
+		tickAndWait(ticker)
+
+		// Verify sent data
+		testClient.assert(t, []sm.RegionTelemetry{mm[0]})
+
+		// Verify error metric
+		errsMetric := getMetricFromCollector(t, metrics.pushRequestsError)
+		require.Equal(t, 1, int(*errsMetric.Counter.Value))
+	})
+
+	t.Run("should report push error on unexpected status", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ctx, cancel := context.WithCancel(context.Background())
+
+		t.Cleanup(func() {
+			shutdownAndWait(cancel)
+			resetTestClient()
+		})
+
+		ticker := &testTicker{
+			c: make(chan time.Time),
+		}
+		var opt withTicker = ticker
+
+		metrics := RegionMetrics{
+			pushRequestsActive:   prom.NewGauge(prom.GaugeOpts{}),
+			pushRequestsDuration: prom.NewHistogram(prom.HistogramOpts{}),
+			pushRequestsTotal:    prom.NewCounter(prom.CounterOpts{}),
+			pushRequestsError:    prom.NewCounter(prom.CounterOpts{}),
+			addExecutionDuration: prom.NewHistogram(prom.HistogramOpts{}),
+		}
+
+		pusher := NewRegionPusher(ctx, timeSpan, testClient, logger, instance, regionID, metrics, opt)
+
+		// Add some executions
+		addExecutions(pusher, 0, 4)
+
+		// Set mock response for client
+		// with unexpected status code
+		testClient.rr = testPushRespKO
+
+		// Tick once, which should make the push fail
+		tickAndWait(ticker)
+
+		// Verify sent data
+		testClient.assert(t, []sm.RegionTelemetry{mm[0]})
+
+		// Verify error metric
+		errsMetric := getMetricFromCollector(t, metrics.pushRequestsError)
+		require.Equal(t, 1, int(*errsMetric.Counter.Value))
+	})
 }
 
 type testTicker struct {
@@ -422,3 +505,17 @@ LOOP:
 		t.Fatalf("telemetry not found: %v", expTele)
 	}
 }
+
+func getMetricFromCollector(t *testing.T, c prom.Collector) *prommodel.Metric {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	metricCh := make(chan prom.Metric)
+	defer close(metricCh)
+	go c.Collect(metricCh)
+	metric := <-metricCh
+
+	m := &prommodel.Metric{}
+	require.NoError(t, metric.Write(m))
+
+	return m
+}