diff --git a/pkg/tracer/tarcer_test.go b/pkg/tracer/tarcer_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..87391b7f61ca7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tracer/tarcer_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+// Licensed to the LF AI & Data foundation under one
+// or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+// to you 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 tracer
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pkg/util/paramtable"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func TestTracer_Init(t *testing.T) {
+	paramtable.Init()
+	paramtable.Get().Save(paramtable.Get().TraceCfg.Exporter.Key, "Unknown")
+	// init failed with unkown exporter
+	err := Init()
+	assert.Error(t, err)
+
+	paramtable.Get().Save(paramtable.Get().TraceCfg.Exporter.Key, "stdout")
+	// init with stdout exporter
+	err = Init()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	paramtable.Get().Save(paramtable.Get().TraceCfg.Exporter.Key, "noop")
+	// init with noop exporter
+	err = Init()
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}
diff --git a/pkg/tracer/tracer.go b/pkg/tracer/tracer.go
index c919144231875..c378445591db7 100644
--- a/pkg/tracer/tracer.go
+++ b/pkg/tracer/tracer.go
@@ -36,18 +36,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/milvus-io/milvus/pkg/util/paramtable"
 )
 
-func Init() {
+func Init() error {
 	params := paramtable.Get()
 
 	exp, err := CreateTracerExporter(params)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Warn("Init tracer faield", zap.Error(err))
-		return
+		return err
 	}
 
 	SetTracerProvider(exp, params.TraceCfg.SampleFraction.GetAsFloat())
 	otel.SetTextMapPropagator(propagation.NewCompositeTextMapPropagator(propagation.TraceContext{}, propagation.Baggage{}))
 	log.Info("Init tracer finished", zap.String("Exporter", params.TraceCfg.Exporter.GetValue()))
+	return nil
 }
 
 func CloseTracerProvider() error {
@@ -100,6 +101,8 @@ func CreateTracerExporter(params *paramtable.ComponentParam) (sdk.SpanExporter,
 		exp, err = otlptracegrpc.New(context.Background(), opts...)
 	case "stdout":
 		exp, err = stdout.New()
+	case "noop":
+		return nil, nil
 	default:
 		err = errors.New("Empty Trace")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/util/paramtable/component_param.go b/pkg/util/paramtable/component_param.go
index 6694a600c806b..e8fa2e9949591 100644
--- a/pkg/util/paramtable/component_param.go
+++ b/pkg/util/paramtable/component_param.go
@@ -761,8 +761,8 @@ func (t *traceConfig) init(base *BaseTable) {
 		Key:     "trace.exporter",
 		Version: "2.3.0",
 		Doc: `trace exporter type, default is stdout,
-optional values: ['stdout', 'jaeger', 'otlp']`,
-		DefaultValue: "stdout",
+optional values: ['noop','stdout', 'jaeger', 'otlp']`,
+		DefaultValue: "noop",
 		Export:       true,
 	}
 	t.Exporter.Init(base.mgr)