diff --git a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/stats_hook.go b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/stats_hook.go
index e227f9524..24dee30e5 100644
--- a/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/stats_hook.go
+++ b/client/allocrunner/taskrunner/stats_hook.go
@@ -88,56 +88,18 @@ func (h *statsHook) Exited(context.Context, *interfaces.TaskExitedRequest, *inte
 // Collection ends when the passed channel is closed
 func (h *statsHook) collectResourceUsageStats(ctx context.Context, handle interfaces.DriverStats) {
 
-	ch, err := handle.Stats(ctx, h.interval)
+MAIN:
+	ch, err := h.callStatsWithRetry(ctx, handle)
 	if err != nil {
-		// Check if the driver doesn't implement stats
-		if err.Error() == cstructs.DriverStatsNotImplemented.Error() {
-			h.logger.Debug("driver does not support stats")
-			return
-		}
-		h.logger.Error("failed to start stats collection for task", "error", err)
+		return
 	}
 
-	var backoff time.Duration
-	var retry int
-	limit := time.Second * 5
 	for {
-		time.Sleep(backoff)
 		select {
 		case ru, ok := <-ch:
-			// Channel is closed
+			// if channel closes, re-establish a new one
 			if !ok {
-				var re *structs.RecoverableError
-				ch, err = handle.Stats(ctx, h.interval)
-				if err == nil {
-					goto RETRY
-				}
-
-				// We do not log when the plugin is shutdown since this is
-				// likely because the driver plugin has unexpectedly exited,
-				// in which case sleeping and trying again or returning based
-				// on the stop channel is the correct behavior
-				if err != bstructs.ErrPluginShutdown {
-					h.logger.Debug("error fetching stats of task", "error", err)
-					goto RETRY
-				}
-				// check if the error is terminal otherwise it's likely a
-				// transport error and we should retry
-				re, ok = err.(*structs.RecoverableError)
-				if ok && re.IsUnrecoverable() {
-					return
-				}
-				h.logger.Warn("stats collection for task failed", "error", err)
-			RETRY:
-				// Calculate the new backoff
-				backoff = (1 << (2 * uint64(retry))) * time.Second
-				if backoff > limit {
-					backoff = limit
-				}
-				// Increment retry counter
-				retry++
-
-				continue
+				goto MAIN
 			}
 
 			// Update stats on TaskRunner and emit them
@@ -149,6 +111,58 @@ func (h *statsHook) collectResourceUsageStats(ctx context.Context, handle interf
 	}
 }
 
+// callStatsWithRetry invokes handle driver Stats() functions and retries until channel is established
+// successfully.  Returns an error if it encounters a permanent error.
+//
+// It logs the errors with appropriate log levels; don't log returned error
+func (h *statsHook) callStatsWithRetry(ctx context.Context, handle interfaces.DriverStats) (<-chan *cstructs.TaskResourceUsage, error) {
+	var retry int
+
+MAIN:
+	if ctx.Err() != nil {
+		return nil, ctx.Err()
+	}
+
+	ch, err := handle.Stats(ctx, h.interval)
+	if err == nil {
+		return ch, nil
+	}
+
+	// Check if the driver doesn't implement stats
+	if err.Error() == cstructs.DriverStatsNotImplemented.Error() {
+		h.logger.Debug("driver does not support stats")
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// check if the error is terminal otherwise it's likely a
+	// transport error and we should retry
+	if re, ok := err.(*structs.RecoverableError); ok && re.IsUnrecoverable() {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// We do not warn when the plugin is shutdown since this is
+	// likely because the driver plugin has unexpectedly exited,
+	// in which case sleeping and trying again or returning based
+	// on the stop channel is the correct behavior
+	if err == bstructs.ErrPluginShutdown {
+		h.logger.Debug("failed to fetching stats of task", "error", err)
+	} else {
+		h.logger.Error("failed to start stats collection for task", "error", err)
+	}
+
+	limit := time.Second * 5
+	backoff := 1 << (2 * uint64(retry)) * time.Second
+	if backoff > limit || retry > 5 {
+		backoff = limit
+	}
+
+	// Increment retry counter
+	retry++
+
+	time.Sleep(backoff)
+	goto MAIN
+}
+
 func (h *statsHook) Shutdown() {
 	h.mu.Lock()
 	defer h.mu.Unlock()