diff --git a/datadog_checks_base/datadog_checks/checks/base.py b/datadog_checks_base/datadog_checks/checks/base.py
index 5915986b8b841f..cfd36fcfd05ab0 100644
--- a/datadog_checks_base/datadog_checks/checks/base.py
+++ b/datadog_checks_base/datadog_checks/checks/base.py
@@ -29,14 +29,6 @@
 from ..utils.limiter import Limiter
 
 
-# Metric types for which it's only useful to submit once per context
-ONE_PER_CONTEXT_METRIC_TYPES = [
-    aggregator.GAUGE,
-    aggregator.RATE,
-    aggregator.MONOTONIC_COUNT,
-]
-
-
 class AgentCheck(object):
     """
     The base class for any Agent based integrations
@@ -55,6 +47,13 @@ class AgentCheck(object):
     """
     DEFAULT_METRIC_LIMIT = 0
 
+    # Metric types for which it's only useful to submit once per context
+    ONE_PER_CONTEXT_METRIC_TYPES = [
+        aggregator.GAUGE,
+        aggregator.RATE,
+        aggregator.MONOTONIC_COUNT,
+    ]
+
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
         args: `name`, `init_config`, `agentConfig` (deprecated), `instances`
@@ -165,7 +164,7 @@ def _submit_metric(self, mtype, name, value, tags=None, hostname=None, device_na
             hostname = b''
 
         if self.metric_limiter:
-            if mtype in ONE_PER_CONTEXT_METRIC_TYPES:
+            if mtype in self.ONE_PER_CONTEXT_METRIC_TYPES:
                 # Fast path for gauges, rates, monotonic counters, assume one context per call
                 if self.metric_limiter.is_reached():
                     return
diff --git a/wmi_check/test/test_wmi_check.py b/wmi_check/test/test_wmi_check.py
index 24cc0e6cc0534f..3dc79c6424afff 100644
--- a/wmi_check/test/test_wmi_check.py
+++ b/wmi_check/test/test_wmi_check.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 from nose.plugins.attrib import attr
 
 # project
+from datadog_checks.stubs import aggregator
 from tests.checks.common import AgentCheckTest
 from tests.core.test_wmi import SWbemServices, TestCommonWMI