diff --git a/app/services/clusters/applications/base_helm_service.rb b/app/services/clusters/applications/base_helm_service.rb
index 9619cba533c..0e3991b47b7 100644
--- a/app/services/clusters/applications/base_helm_service.rb
+++ b/app/services/clusters/applications/base_helm_service.rb
@@ -19,11 +19,14 @@ module Clusters
           app_id: app.id,
           project_ids: app.cluster.project_ids,
           group_ids: app.cluster.group_ids,
-          message: error.message,
-          backtrace: Gitlab::Profiler.clean_backtrace(error.backtrace)
+          message: error.message
         }
 
-        logger.error(meta)
+        logger_meta = meta.merge(
+          backtrace: Gitlab::Profiler.clean_backtrace(error.backtrace)
+        )
+
+        logger.error(logger_meta)
         Gitlab::Sentry.track_acceptable_exception(error, extra: meta)
       end
 
diff --git a/spec/support/shared_examples/services/base_helm_service_shared_examples.rb b/spec/support/shared_examples/services/base_helm_service_shared_examples.rb
index c38baa76b25..e2f1a18e9f6 100644
--- a/spec/support/shared_examples/services/base_helm_service_shared_examples.rb
+++ b/spec/support/shared_examples/services/base_helm_service_shared_examples.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ shared_examples 'logs kubernetes errors' do
     {
       exception: error_name,
       message: error_message,
-      backtrace: instance_of(Array),
       service: service.class.name,
       app_id: application.id,
       project_ids: application.cluster.project_ids,
@@ -14,8 +13,14 @@ shared_examples 'logs kubernetes errors' do
     }
   end
 
+  let(:logger_hash) do
+    error_hash.merge(
+      backtrace: instance_of(Array)
+    )
+  end
+
   it 'logs into kubernetes.log and Sentry' do
-    expect(service.send(:logger)).to receive(:error).with(error_hash)
+    expect(service.send(:logger)).to receive(:error).with(logger_hash)
 
     expect(Gitlab::Sentry).to receive(:track_acceptable_exception).with(
       error,