diff --git a/cmd/collector/app/sanitizer/sanitizer_test.go b/cmd/collector/app/sanitizer/sanitizer_test.go
index b651844993e..e370e7a7747 100644
--- a/cmd/collector/app/sanitizer/sanitizer_test.go
+++ b/cmd/collector/app/sanitizer/sanitizer_test.go
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ import (
 	"github.com/jaegertracing/jaeger/model"
 )
 
+func TestNewStandardSanitizers(t *testing.T) {
+	NewStandardSanitizers()
+}
+
 func TestChainedSanitizer(t *testing.T) {
 	var s1 SanitizeSpan = func(span *model.Span) *model.Span {
 		span.Process = &model.Process{ServiceName: "s1"}
diff --git a/cmd/collector/app/sanitizer/zipkin/span_sanitizer_test.go b/cmd/collector/app/sanitizer/zipkin/span_sanitizer_test.go
index 04e63997ec5..137d3478d5a 100644
--- a/cmd/collector/app/sanitizer/zipkin/span_sanitizer_test.go
+++ b/cmd/collector/app/sanitizer/zipkin/span_sanitizer_test.go
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ var (
 	positiveDuration = int64(1)
 )
 
+func TestNewStandardSanitizers(t *testing.T) {
+	NewStandardSanitizers()
+}
+
 func TestChainedSanitizer(t *testing.T) {
 	sanitizer := NewChainedSanitizer(NewSpanDurationSanitizer())