diff --git a/injection/sharedmain/options.go b/injection/sharedmain/options.go
index 2895544ee0..2b9ef882e9 100644
--- a/injection/sharedmain/options.go
+++ b/injection/sharedmain/options.go
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@ func WithOTelViews(ctx context.Context, views ...metric.View) context.Context {
 }
 
 func OTelViews(ctx context.Context) []metric.View {
-	return ctx.Value(otelviews{}).([]metric.View)
+	val, _ := ctx.Value(otelviews{}).([]metric.View)
+	return val
 }
diff --git a/injection/sharedmain/options_test.go b/injection/sharedmain/options_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..77fe2418bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/injection/sharedmain/options_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2025 The Knative Authors
+
+Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package sharedmain
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
+)
+
+func TestOTelViewOption(t *testing.T) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	views := OTelViews(ctx)
+
+	if len(views) != 0 {
+		t.Error("expected no views")
+	}
+
+	view := func(metric.Instrument) (metric.Stream, bool) {
+		return metric.Stream{}, false
+	}
+
+	ctx = WithOTelViews(ctx, view)
+	views = OTelViews(ctx)
+
+	if len(views) != 1 {
+		t.Error("expecte a single view")
+	}
+}