1 files changed, 15 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/gitlab/metrics/prometheus.rb b/lib/gitlab/metrics/prometheus.rb
index 60686509332..9d314a56e58 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/metrics/prometheus.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/metrics/prometheus.rb
@@ -5,8 +5,16 @@ module Gitlab
     module Prometheus
       include Gitlab::CurrentSettings
 
+      def metrics_folder_present?
+        ENV.has_key?('prometheus_multiproc_dir') &&
+          ::Dir.exist?(ENV['prometheus_multiproc_dir']) &&
+          ::File.writable?(ENV['prometheus_multiproc_dir'])
+      end
+
       def prometheus_metrics_enabled?
-        @prometheus_metrics_enabled ||= current_application_settings[:prometheus_metrics_enabled] || false
+        return @prometheus_metrics_enabled if defined?(@prometheus_metrics_enabled)
+
+        @prometheus_metrics_enabled = prometheus_metrics_enabled_unmemoized
       end
 
       def registry
@@ -36,6 +44,12 @@ module Gitlab
           NullMetric.new
         end
       end
+
+      private
+
+      def prometheus_metrics_enabled_unmemoized
+        metrics_folder_present? && current_application_settings[:prometheus_metrics_enabled] || false
+      end
     end
   end
 end