diff --git a/pdata/pmetric/alias.go b/pdata/pmetric/alias.go
index ea98ef54be2..c31b817302f 100644
--- a/pdata/pmetric/alias.go
+++ b/pdata/pmetric/alias.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ type MetricDataPointFlagsStruct = MetricDataPointFlags
 
 // NewMetricDataPointFlagsStruct returns a new empty MetricDataPointFlagsStruct.
 // Deprecated [0.58.0] Use NewMetricDataPointFlags instead
-var NewMetricDataPointFlagsStruct = internal.NewMetricDataPointFlags
+var NewMetricDataPointFlagsStruct = NewMetricDataPointFlags
 
 // MetricDataPointFlags defines how a metric aggregator reports aggregated values.
 // It describes how those values relate to the time interval over which they are aggregated.